The news of James Gunn getting fired by Disney just so happened to coincide with the week of the San Diego Comic-Con, which was supposed to see Gunn attend for his new horror movie.
Following the controversial news having hit that week in July, James Gunn’s planned appearance at the Sony SDCC panel was canceled, but the good news is that Sony is still moving forward on the flick.
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— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 17, 2018
Yesterday, prior to today’s news of Gunn writing DC’s Suicide Squad 2, saw it revealed that Sony pushed back Gunn’s horror movie from November 30 of this year to May 24, 2019.
James Gunn is onboard the flick as producer with his brothers, with the title officially revealed to be BrightBurn.
The new release date for BrightBurn places it opposite Disney’s live-action Aladdin, as well as WB’s Minecraft movie, and Dave Bautista’s Stuber at Fox Studios.
No plot details are known about BrightBurn, but the film stars Elizabeth Banks, with Gunn’s brother Brian Gunn and cousin Mark Gunn having written the script; David Yarovesky is directing.
With the news of BrightBurn and Suicide Squad 2, we see that other studios aren’t afraid of using James Gunn, which follows Disney having fired him over tweets that resurfaced from ten years ago joking about rape and pedophilia.
“My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative. I have regretted them for many years since — not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don’t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time,” apologized James Gunn following his dismissal from Disney, Marvel Studios and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. “Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today. Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then. All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be: accepting, understanding, committed to equality, and far more thoughtful about my public statements and my obligations to our public discourse. To everyone inside my industry and beyond, I again offer my deepest apologies. Love to all.”
