James Gunn

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q717015: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Guardians of the Galaxy, which The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ credits them on.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Super (1991); Peacemaker (1997); Dawn of the Dead (2004); Slither (2006); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Suicide Squad (2016); Scooby-Doo (two live-action films). Count them as director (7 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Deadpool (2016): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Suicide Squad (2016), which they wrote: Deadpool ⇒ Suicide Squad (the host's read). Suicide Squad felt reactive to Deadpool's success.
    “Suicide Squad felt like it was very influenced by the success of Deadpool”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:29:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Nicole Perlman: 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Nicole Perlman ⇒ James Gunn (the host's read). Gunn did page-one rewrites on Perlman's draft and then worked in his own touches like the mixtape and mom stuff.
    “Oh, Gumball accounts pretty much did a page one rewrites.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:20:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: The Avengers ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy (the host's read). Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list.
    “We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): 4 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the host's read). Vol. 2 used a brightly blue Yondu and a bright Milano interior to dodge the washed-out look of the first film's color grading.
    “He's just smart about working in, like, I'm going to make his skin so bright blue.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:25:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the host's read). The sequel deepens Yondu's relationship with Quill so the first film's scene reads differently in retrospect.
    “Knowing what you know about their relationship that you learn in the sequel, you know, colors this scene a little bit more”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:26:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the host's read). The sequel doubles down on Yondu's arrow by building its best action sequence around it.
    “And then that the 2nd movie doubles down on it with like building its best action sequence around the era.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:42:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the host's read). Vol. 2 is the movie that develops Nebula's backstory with Gamora; this film is about Quill and dads in embryo.
    “Because 2 is the one that's gonna, you know, is trying to win you over to Nebula.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:43:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel (2019): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The Flarkin cat in Captain Marvel is a version of the Drax metaphor joke, but this film's joke lands better thanks to the cut to his face.
    “And you know, you know, the cat in Captain Marvel is like a version of this joke.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:46:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ant-Man (2015): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Ant-Man (the host's read). After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble.
    “you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which they wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film) (the host's read). The new Sonic design looks like it copied Rocket's design.
    “I also think they copied Rocket's design for the new Sonic.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:32:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

Writing (10) everyone in writing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career): James Gunn → Suicide Squad. Fired from Guardians 3, DC snatched him up and let him make an R-rated superhero movie.
    “He got like an R-rated superhero movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:11:30 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): James Gunn → Peacemaker. Gunn found a zone where a cheap DC-branded show lets him do what he wants with total control.
    “He's able to basically just do what he wants with like total control.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:11:53 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): James Gunn → Troma films. Gunn came from Troma, where everything is down-and-dirty and kinetic, and brought that poppy energy into Guardians.
    “That's the other big thing is that gun was a troma guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:36:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): James Gunn → Slither. Before Guardians he had directed only Slither and Super, after saying he was giving up on directing.
    “But also, like, so before this, he had just directed Slytherin Super, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:36:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): James Gunn → Dawn of the Dead. Gunn wrote Dawn of the Dead and was a well-paid, often uncredited script fixer in the 90s and 2000s.
    “Because he was a guy throughout like the 90s and 2000s who was like a very well-paid like script fixer.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:37:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): James Gunn → Suicide Squad. It is bizarre that Gunn kept going on Suicide Squad after returning to Marvel, and they expected Disney to force him to choose.
    “I was astonished that Disney wasn't like, if you want Guardians, you have to quit Suicide Squad and let someone else direct your script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:13:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): James Gunn → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians humor belongs to one writer, Gunn, who is the driver.
    “like gun is sort of the driver.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:49:57 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): James Gunn → The Avengers. Gunn, like Whedon, is both writer and director, and the movies are incubated by the person who will direct them.
    “And there's a big difference when the movies are clearly being incubated by the same person who's going to direct them later.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:34:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): James Gunn → Marvel Studios. Gunn fights the Marvel house style with bright pops of color against an otherwise gray palette; Marvel's usual post sheen is criticized.
    “But you do see in this movie gun fighting against the Marvel House style because it's like, this is all so gray.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:49:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): James Gunn → Kevin Feige. Later Marvel films suffer from Feige demanding coverage; Gunn won arguments to keep gags in one shot, like Groot in the background.
    “James Gunn clearly like won his arguments about like, this scene is funnier if it's all one shot and roots in the background and we never cut away.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:47:50 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): James Gunn → Marvel Studios. Marvel doesn't trust directors until they've proven themselves; Gunn wins creative arguments because he makes the action funny and the script already has jokes.
    “But the reason why I think gun wins greater control. Well, gun's very good at action sequences is that he makes his action sequences funny.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:50:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (people): Chris Pratt → James Gunn. Star-Lord was a good fit for James Gunn's writing style.
    “He's a good fit for James Gunn's writing style.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:32:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): James Gunn → Suicide Squad (planned reboot). Miles lists a rebooted Suicide Squad with James Gunn among DC projects.
    “a rebooted suicide squad with James Gunn”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:07:30 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Zack Snyder → James Gunn. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is his best movie in retrospect, largely thanks to Gunn's script.
    “Which is Zack Snyder's best movie, you realize in retrospect, largely because of how good the gun script is.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:36:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): James Gunn → Nicole Perlman. Gunn did page-one rewrites on Perlman's draft and then worked in his own touches like the mixtape and mom stuff.
    “Oh, Gumball accounts pretty much did a page one rewrites.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:20:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. people (people): Michael Rooker → James Gunn. Gunn loves Rooker and casts friends in the film; Rooker's Yondu turned out to have a real story function rather than a cameo.
    “Well, especially you go, like, here's a weird obscure character, and here's the director's friend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:25:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about James Gunn: Gunn filmed himself dancing for the baby Groot dance and the animators based the animation on it.
    “He films himself dancing and has them anime based off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:06:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)