When we heard the news (here) a few weeks ago that Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn was moving to Warner/DC after his firing from Marvel (here) to write Suicide Squad 2 we were pretty much sure that it was only a matter of time until he was announced as the director too.
And, although it’s not an official announcement, we’re hearing from a source who should know that that is, indeed, what is happening.
Gunn’s friend and collaborator Michael Rooker has been talking about the whole affair and while he describes the firing of the director as “terrible”, he adds that Gunn isn’t too worried and is already set to make his comic book movie return.
“Yeah, but oh well, guess what? He’s on a gig already. Suicide Squad, that’s right. He’s writing it and directing it as well!” Rooker said at the recent Walker Stalker convention in Atlanta.
The movie was originally looking like it would be made by director David Ayer who made the first movie. Then it was set to be made by The Accountant director Gavin O’Connor but his project fell down when his script was apparently very similar to the in production Birds of Prey movie.
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