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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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for Writer in The Batman - The Brave And The Bold
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Movie kick starts darker side of the new DC Universe and focuses on father son dynamics, as well as relationship between Bruce and Damian Wayne. Fresh off of death of one Jason Todd. Bruce is coming on terms with news of him having a son coming out of nowhere, taking Damian under his wing from mother Talia Al Ghul and training him to possibly join batfamily as second Robin alongside with Tim Drake in future. That's exactly when criminals start to mysteriously dissapear, before their tortured and beheaded bodies are found one by another. Shortly after via help of new friend Zatanna Zatara, Batman finds out that bodies are used for a ritual performed by non other Talia Al Ghul to bring her father and Bruce's old mentor Ra's Al Ghul back to life. All that setting in great scheme, of which even Damian is a party of. It all culminates with Batfamily and Batman facing off with League Of Shadows, along with Damian Wayne and Talia Al ghul to save Gotham City and stop Ra's from returning to life
