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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.
Batman discovers he has a son, Damian Wayne, with Talia al Ghul, who was raised by the League of Assassins. The film sees Damian, trained as a killer, arriving in Gotham and struggling to connect with his father due to their clashing personalities and values. The plot thickens when Deathstroke, seeking revenge against Ra's al Ghul, attacks the League and Talia sends Damian to Batman. Damian's recklessness and willingness to kill lead to conflict with Batman and the Bat-family, but they eventually unite to fight Deathstroke and his Man-Bat commandos. The movie culminates in a battle where Deathstroke kills Talia, and Batman must use the Lazarus Pit to save her. Batman learns about Damian, his son with Talia al Ghul, who was raised by the League of Assassins under the tutelage of Ra's al Ghul. Damian, accustomed to a life of violence and assassination, clashes with Batman's more ethical approach to crime-fighting. Damian, accustomed to a life of violence and assassination, clashes with Batman's more ethical approach to crime-fighting Damian's recklessness and desire to kill cause friction within the Bat-family, but they eventually unite to face Deathstroke's threat Damian's recklessness and desire to kill cause friction within the Bat-family, but they eventually unite to face Deathstroke's threat. During the final confrontation, Talia is killed by Deathstroke, leading to a desperate attempt by Batman to save her using the Lazarus Pit.
