The Rebooted "Keep Hope Alive" (that the rights can revert back to Marvel) Thread - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 21

[Marvel united]

Funny thing is how these Gunn's tweets never came to light until now. I mean GoTG and GoTG2 were both successful and those tweets were out there.

Gunn was rumored to be leading the cosmic side of Marvel. Wow.

I believe Taika Waititi could take over the GoTG franchise.

ATT/WB will definitely hire him though. Or Sony. Or Paramount for Star Trek.

I really didn't care for Ragnarok. I'd rather they get J.J Abrahams

 

[Big Bang]

I really didn't care for Ragnarok. I'd rather they get J.J Abrahams

I don't think Abrahams is the type of director Marvel will want. Ragnarok was really enjoyable, IMO.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

The MCU will survive. But wow, first Roseanne and now James Gunn.

Cancellations comes in threes, who's next? Lol.

 

[Xeno]

They may just end Vol. 3 completely and use the characters elsewhere.

Disney isn't going to tank an entire franchise because the director screwed up. It's bigger than one person. What they will probably do is find a replacement as quickly as possible and forge ahead.

 

[Xeno]

I really didn't care for Ragnarok. I'd rather they get J.J Abrahams

I can understand recommending Abrams since his entire career has consisted of mimicking the work of other directors. He would be ideal to interpret Gunn's script without adding a single original thought.

 

[Kuwolski]

Disney isn't going to tank an entire franchise because the director screwed up. It's bigger than one person. What they will probably do is find a replacement as quickly as possible and forge ahead.

More likely then not, we're talking 800 m here, I'm just speculating it may be easier to move onto another project at this point.

 

[Marvel united]

I don't think Abrahams is the type of director Marvel will want. Ragnarok was really enjoyable, IMO.

It was okay. But I'd rather not have the cosmic side of Marvel turned into a complete joke. When Galactus starts eating planets and billions die, I don't want to see Surfer making a quip about how it sucks to be them

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

It might be interesting to see what a more ‘serious’ director would do with GOTG. I sort of hope they try a little different tone now rather than bringing someone in who would imitate him.

 

[Big Bang]

It was okay. But I'd rather not have the cosmic side of Marvel turned into a complete joke. When Galactus starts eating planets and billions die, I don't want to see Surfer making a quip about how it sucks to be them

Ok, that's actually kind of funny. So long as he sounds like a southern California surfer.

 

[Marvel united]

It might be interesting to see what a more ‘serious’ director would do with GOTG. I sort of hope they try a little different tone now rather than bringing someone in who would imitate him.

Thats why I want JJ. He could balance out both tones whereas Waititi would turn it into a comedy.

 

[Detective Conan]

Just got the news....



HOLY *t!!

 

[Moridin]

Although I found Thor: Ragnorak to be wildly entertaining, I kind of have to agree with you here. The guy couldn't do a serious moment if his life depended on it. If I were gonna tap a director already in the fold to do FF it would be Gunn. He's proven that he can do comedy, action and can be serious if the moment calls for it. He has done some incredibly emotionally impactful scenes in his Guardians movies.

Clearly you haven't watched all Waititi's films. The family themes and heartfelt dramatic beats in Wilderpeople and (especially) Boy combined with the chops he showed for handling colourful, wacky, out-there concepts and big budget action he showed with Ragnarok, I think, make him a great pick for F4.



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Crazy new about Gunn. I was just in the middle of replying to your post when I read it. Was going to say some stuff to the effect of hoping Gunn would move on from Marvel after GotG3, and not get F4 (or oversee the "Cosmic side of the MCU"), because he's 1. overrated and, 2. by that point would have already directed 3 major CBMs (all of them MCU flicks).

Getting fired over wannabe-edgy-joke-tweets that were out there since before he was hired is really f***ing stupid. Of course if, it had come to light that that he had actually engaged in that behavior, then obviously...

I’m going to be a contrarian and say I don’t want Brad Bird on FF because I feel it would be too obvious and rather redundant. Yes, he directed a FF-like film that is often touted as the best Fantastic Four film but I’d rather see a different person who can put a different spin on it.

I have a feeling he’d feel the same if Marvel offered him to helm it. “Why do a live-action verison of something I already did in animation?” would likely be his first thought and he would decline to do it.

Completely agreed with you there.

Zack Snyder's Fantastic Four.

Christopher McQuarrie for X-Men. Also Tim Miller.

Ideally I'd love Edgar Wright for FF, but alas.

Wright is my pick for X-Men, he's got more of an edge (than say, Waititi) that I think fits X-Men more than F4, but he'd be a great pick for F4 too, he can definitely do that brightly coloured, OTT action (Scott Pilgrim). For me Wright is "the one that got away", he's such a perfect fit for Marvel.

I'd definitely keep McQuarrie & Miller in mind too.

The Russos most definitely should handle X-Men. They handle the ensemble cast dynamic very well.

Infinity War everyone really had a chance to shine. I didn't see where it was completely GOTG heavy like some were saying but everyone had a decent amount of action. That's exactly what the X-Men need.

I hope the Russo's move on after A4. Same reason I thought Gunn should move on after GotG3, four giant movies in this universe is enough, make room for fresh voices.

How about Kelly Fremon Craig (Edge of Seventeen) or Stephen Chbosky (Perks of Being a Wallflower)

So weird you mention them in the same post, I watched those films on back-to-back nights earlier this week, great stuff (Wallflower especially). Wouldn't be opposed to either of them joining the MCU at all.

 

[Fallen]

You know what? I wouldn't mind if Whedon directed as long as Marvel had him on a tighter leash.

I'll just say if Disney were to get Joss Whedon to replace Gunn, it would make absolutely no sense considering the man tweeted that he wished that Paul Ryan would be raped to death by a rhinoceros. He also poked fun at cancer survivors who visited Ryan. Plus, his fan website was shut down after all of the awful things that were revealed about him in an essay that his ex-wife had written.

 

[Smurphftw]

Well so much for my idea from 1 whole hour ago, about wanting Gunn to direct the MCU FF

 

[Big Bang]

Yeah, Whedon has a few skeletons in his closet. Best to keep him away given how things are going to be scrutinized going forward because of Gunn.

 

[Endeavor]

I can understand recommending Abrams since his entire career has consisted of mimicking the work of other directors. He would be ideal to interpret Gunn's script without adding a single original thought.

LOL
burn

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Marvel wasn't perfect after all.

Is that really what you’re taking away from this entire situation

Good lord you are something else

 

[Xeno]

It might be interesting to see what a more ‘serious’ director would do with GOTG. I sort of hope they try a little different tone now rather than bringing someone in who would imitate him.

Feige should continue the franchise with its established tone, imo. Humor and heart should always be at the core of GOTG.

 

[Moridin]

I think they'd be fine leaving him on as a screenwriter. It's not nearly as public a figure as the director.

Whoever they get to direct it will want to put their own stamp on it anyway, either by re-writing it themselves or hiring another writer to do it.

I can understand recommending Abrams since his entire career has consisted of mimicking the work of other directors. He would be ideal to interpret Gunn's script without adding a single original thought.

*desperately searching for the Evans/Hemsworth "THIS!" gif but can't find it...*

Thats why I want JJ. He could balance out both tones whereas Waititi would turn it into a comedy.

GotG is already a comedy.

Also, as I said earlier, check out more of Waititi's work than just Ragnarok & Shadows.

 

[Tony Stark]

Holy cow, just learning about this now! I'm not going to defend the tweets, but I do have to say that I see a big difference between what he did and say Havey Weinstein. Having said that, as a public person you are the person foremost incharge of your PR. Yeah this stuff has been out there for years, but the fact it was public, this could have happened at any moment.

Not sure how this will effect Sean Gunn's involvement in those projects either. This is all just really sad and was totally avoidable.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Feige should continue the franchise with its established tone, imo. Humor and heart should always be at the core of GOTG.

Well Drax is always going to be Drax, Rocket will be Rocket etc., so you’re going to have humor and heart just from those characters being themselves. But it would be interesting to see a director who could bring more intensity to parts of the story.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Gunn's old tweets originally surfaced around the time he got the Guardian's 1 gig, he apologized for it then and nothing came of it.

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, it won’t be the same without Gunn; it’s his personal project and he even wrote all the dialogue for the Guardians in IW. And he was supposed to oversee the cosmic side of Marvel in the future as well. This is a major blow to MCU.

It does feel like quite a blow.

 

[MasterCat]

It does feel like quite a blow.

That's what HE said.

 

[Big Bang]

Gunn's old tweets originally surfaced around the time he got the Guardian's 1 gig, he apologized for it then and nothing came of it.

Evidently Twitter was not the only place he was writing some pretty depraved crap. There are archives of his Facebook where he talked about ###ming on his own face watching a prepubescent girl sing "I Touch Myself". On its own it may sound like edgy humor, but when taking in considering the volumes of this kind of material he wrote about, it paints a rather worrying picture.

Least of all, I'd say this doesn't exactly reflect the type of brand Disney likes to portray itself under.