Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn is directing Guardians of the Galaxy!

[Smashlilman]

Expect some angry MoS fans to show up now.

I"m a MOS fan and I've got to say. When i saw that scene I was thinking of that. I love MOS but like everything some aspects of the movie could have been improved.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Funny video of James Gunn interviewing the cast:
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[marcvader]

Love Gunn

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Gunn did such a great job, I look forward to him working on the next two films.

 

[SuperSanchez]

James Gunn is an amazing director! I give him the best of luck with directing future films.

 

[Gabe99]

James Gunn Responds To GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Becoming 2014's Highest Grossing Movie

To quote my favorite little monstrosity, "Oh... Yeah."

And although io9 may be right, that people like the movie because it's funny, I like to believe it's because WE GAVE A ****. You aren't numbers to us. You deserve to be given something we the creators believe in and that isn't just seeking a big opening weekend. I love my characters, I care about the quality of the movie, and Marvel was cool enough to let us take some risks.

Hopefully, THAT'S the lesson - that we'll see more spectacle movies coming out of Hollywood that the filmmakers actually believe in, and that take risks, NOT just a bunch of superhero or space movies trying to be funny.

 

[Slushy]

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Q&A with James Gunn

 

[Whiskey Tango]

James Gunn Clarifies Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers Crossover Remarks

Gunn also went on to address a common question regarding the film and Star-Lord’s signature Sony Walkman:

“GUYS, THEY HAVE THE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN LIGHT BETWEEN PLANETS, I think they can figure out an alternative power source for the Walkman, and they likely also have technology to slow the degradation to the tape and player. This seems obvious to me.”

 

[Snow Queen]

The other directors in consideration are abysmal. For that reason alone I hope he says yes.

Peyton Reed (Bring It On, Yes Man) ? You've got to be flipping kidding me. I'm all for hiring "smaller" directors but they need to at least show some potential to make something good. Reed has done no such thing.

I just decided to take a stroll back through threads and came across this. Pretty funny now.

 

[SuperSanchez]

He did a freaking hella good job!

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

James Gunn wrote a nice letter for the one year anniversary of the film's release.

One year ago today, Guardians of the Galaxy opened up in the U.S. and many places around the world. The movie massively over-performed that weekend, even by our own expectations, but what meant more to me is how much so many of you, no matter where you were from, took the story and the characters into your hearts. What meant more to me is that "We are Groot" became a rallying cry for unity among friends and families. What meant more to me is that you laughed at the dumb stuff I thought you'd miss, like "Cap'n's gotta teach stuff" and "I was thinking of something else." What meant more to me is that in our tenth week we were out-performing any comic book film in recent history - not because of the money, but because people were going back to see the film a second, third, fourth, fifth time, or more, because they loved it. What mattered to me is that after a lifetime of telling stories and half a lifetime making movies, I felt like you and I, filmmaker and audience, were at the same place at the same time.

It mattered to me mostly because I told a story fully with my heart, and you took it into yours. I don't think I can ever explain how much that means to me. It makes every failure I've ever had well worth it.

I get a lot of messages from people saying, "You made me believe in movies again." Well, you guys made me believe that what I spent my life doing was worth doing. And you strengthened my belief that nothing's worth doing, if it's not done honestly, and it's not done with love.

On this, the one year anniversary of the cinematic Guardians entering our solar system: thank you, thank you, thank you. We really are, truly, honestly Groot.

Love,

James

We need more directors like you, James.