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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.
Arkham Asylum is reinstated by the Wayne Foundation with Hugo Strange at the head and head psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel. Sparks fly between her and Joker and they orchestrate a breakout with multiple criminals making factions as they slowly take over Gotham. The takeover causes the origins of people like Harvey Dent and Victor Fries. The police hold on to the precinct firmly. Batman goes after the bosses after stopping an arms deal between Penguin and Black Mask. When Batman finds Sionis, Catwoman is making a deal with him, and Batman intervenes. Batman follows Catwoman and finds out Penguin has cryogenic weapons made by Victor Fries. Batman defeats Penguin with ease. Batman beats him and convinces him to leave the criminals alone. Batman goes after Riddler next, who is holding the mayor hostage and beats his games. Two-Face gets his attention by blowing up half of the Gotham Supreme Court. That earns him a face in the ground. Last, Batman goes after Joker, who is trying to recreate his origins. Joker and Batman fight with Harley Quinn getting knocked into the chemical vat. Batman beats Joker and gets Harley out but she’s already insane. Hugo Strange turns out to be behind the breakout and a bomb goes off causing chemicals to gush and flow all the way out into the streets of Gotham. Batman goes to Strange in Arkham Tower and beats him into all of the machinery, and returns to the precinct to let them know that it’s over apart from the rounding up of the criminals.
