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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
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Three years after debuting as Superman, Clark Kent has become the symbol of a hopeful, futuristic Metropolis. While investigating a mysterious deep-space signal with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and STAR Labs, he crosses paths with Lex Luthor, who promotes Project Prometheus, a global defense initiative built around humanity no longer relying on alien saviors. The signal proves to be Brainiac, a colossal cybernetic collector of worlds. Arriving above Earth in a skull-shaped vessel, Brainiac reveals he monitored Krypton for centuries, preserving Kandor while allowing the rest of the planet to die. Fascinated by Krypton’s last son, he offers Clark access to his lost heritage before declaring Earth another specimen for his collection. Brainiac shrinks Metropolis and stores the city aboard his ship, leaving a crater where it once stood. As panic spreads across the globe, Lex quietly fuels suspicion that Superman’s existence attracted the invasion. Trapped inside the bottled city, Lois organizes resistance efforts, Jimmy keeps morale alive, and Perry White continues publishing emergency bulletins. Refusing to give in, Superman infiltrates Brainiac’s vessel and battles through armies of drones before confronting the AI at its core. Brainiac attempts to imprison him within a perfect simulation of Krypton, but Clark rejects the illusion, embracing the life Earth gave him. Destroying Brainiac’s core, he restores Metropolis and proves hope is stronger than fear. While searching Brainiac’s archives, Clark discovers records of another survivor from Krypton. STAR Labs later uncovers an ancient Kryptonian pod buried beneath Arctic ice. Its occupant is identified as Kara Zor-El, but the pod is empty. Post-Credits: Working late at the Daily Planet, Clark receives a package containing Brainiac telemetry, satellite images, and a business card bearing the name Bruce Wayne. On the back is a handwritten message: “You aren’t the only one investigating.”
