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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.
It's Christmas week in Gotham. Trying to deal with the death of Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne continues his fight against crime in Gotham, while dealing with the Black Mask and Carmine Falcone gangs, while also trying to elect the mayor candidate Harvey Dent, who is together with his wife, being constantly threatened by Falcone. But things get worse when psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel has a psychotic break and helps the Joker escape Arkham. Bruce is 37 years old and has been Batman for ten years. Dick Grayson is already Nightwing and is in Bludhaven. The events of Killing Joke have already happened. Batman is wanted by the police, with Gordon as his only ally. In a Mid-Credit Scene, Black Mask swears revenge on Batman for being responsible for sticking his mask to his face in a boiler. In a post-credits scene, Doctor Jonathan Crane experiments with his fear gas on Arkham patients.
