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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery hired Gunn and his longtime producer, Peter Safran, to serve as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios. Under DC Studios, Gunn co-produced and executive produced every film and television series in the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which serves as a soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). In the DCU, he created the series Creature Commandos (2024) and wrote and directed the film Superman (2025). He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series Peacemaker (2022–2025) and the Disney+ original special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). Other work for which he is known include writing for the 2004 remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), writing the live-action adaptation of Scooby Doo (2002), and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), writing and producing the horror-action film The Belko Experiment (2016), producing the superhero-horror film Brightburn (2019), and contributing to comedy-anthology film Movie 43 (2013) (directing the segment "Beezel") and the 2012 hack-and-slash video game Lollipop Chainsaw. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Gunn

Director
for Director in Adventures in Babysitting(Genderbend)
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A young high school man named Chris was excited to celebrate an anniversary with his girlfriend, only to have her tell him that she has to cancel to take care of her sick little brother. Then his dad asks if he's available to watch over their neighbor's kids while they go to a party. He recently agrees since he doesn't have anything else to do. It looks like it was going to be a boring evening until he gets a phone call from his best friend and was told that he ran away from home and he is scared. Chris ask the eldest kid to watch over the younger sibling so that he can pick up the best friend, but the kids blackmailed him into letting them come with him. On top of that, the elder sibling's best friend also tags along. This where things really get complicated. Will Chris and the kids be able to save his best friend and get home in time before the parents come back?