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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.
Twelve years have passed since Chief Inspector Lee and Detective James Carter helped Chinese Ambassador Solon Han and his daughter Soo-Yung, by discovering and saving Geneviève in Paris (Rush Hour 3). Lee is now retired, still unmarried, and resides in Hong Kong. He is living a very quite and sad lifestyle in a one-bedroom apartment in downtown. Carter is the current Lead Detective at the central LAPD office in Los Angeles. He is divorced and is raising his teenage son. A run-of-the-mill drug bust goes wrong once Detective Carter overhears an important conversation. The Hong Kong based cocaine drug lord, Tato Xylang, who is in control of the drug movement, is the biological brother of Sang (Rush Hour 1 antagonist). Carter is caught easy dropping on the drug villains. Xylang comes to realize that Carter is one of the detectives who is reasonable for the death of his brother. Carter is chased and is forced to hide out overnight. During the chase, Carter loses his wallet; Xyland and his gang finds the wallet and uses his drivers license to confirm his identify and locate his home. Xyland and his gang kidnaps Carter's son. Xyland blackmails Carter into helping him move his drugs on the dock. If he is successful in helping, and keeping the LAPD out of the area, then he will get his son back. Carter becomes frantic and goes to the only person he can trust. Carter arrives in Hong Kong to find a washed-up and aged Inspector Lee. After explaining his situation, Lee agrees to help Carter get his son back. Carter puts Lee through a "Rocky" parody training seminar, and then the two return to the States to go to war.
