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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 Superman: A Better Tomorrow 💎
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Clark Kent works at the Daily Planet, nervously trying to ask out Lois Lane—until chaos erupts on Main Street. He dashes outside, changes in a phone booth, and emerges as Superman. He finds a LexCorp android—Metallo—who attacks him. Superman quickly realizes Metallo has a Kryptonite core. Overpowered, Superman retreats, but his powers fail midair and he crashes outside a comic book shop. Inside, he's patched up by Jimmy Olsen, an intern at the Daily Planet working here part time. Jimmy hides him for three days as Clark heals. When Jimmy sees news that Clark Kent is missing, he confronts Superman—who admits the truth. Hurt by the lies, Jimmy walks out. Metallo finds them. He kidnaps Jimmy and returns to LexCorp Tower. Superman arrives, enduring the Kryptonite to save Jimmy. In battle, Superman sees pain in Metallo’s eyes—a man, not a machine. Refusing to fight back, Superman lets Metallo tear into him. Metallo stops, overwhelmed, and rips out his Kryptonite core. Superman catches him, realizing it was keeping him alive. Metallo dies in his arms, saying he only wanted to be a hero. Superman confronts Lex, but it’s too late—While Superman was missing, he won the election. Lex is now Mayor. At Metallo’s grave, Superman stands alone until Jimmy appears. They reconcile. Superman says, “Maybe he would’ve liked the idea of a better tomorrow… I’ll give him that.”
