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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.
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A few months after the cosmic cloud incident in space, Reed Richards [JOHN KRASINSKI], Sue Storm [EMILY BLUNT], Ben Grimm [JENSEN ACKLES OR LIEV SCHREIBER] and Johnny Storm [*ZAC EFRON* OR DACRE MONTGOMERY] are now established Superheroes on Earth, called The Fantastic Four. Enter Harvey Elder, an American nuclear engineer and explorer, he is socially shunned due to his abrasive personality and unnerving appearance. Moving away to live in the sewers and taking the name 'Mole Man', Elder soon creates a legion of beings he calls 'Moloids', as hordes of terrible monsters in which he commands to do his bidding. It's up to the Fantastic Four to destroy these mindless creatures and defeat the Mole Man. Post Credit Scene: Stage magician, Joshua Ayers or 'The Miracle Man', is doing a trick for an audience. When audience members start to leave, Ayers begins lashing out, leading to a few people to be taken to hospital. A gas of smoke appears where 'Miracle Man' disappears. End Credit Scene: Reed and his old science friend from his first job, Victor Von Doom [MICHAEL FASSBENDER] meet up for a beer. Victor asks Reed how is he so relaxed having powers. He explains to Vic that his team just learnt to adjust and started to view their abilities as gifts rather than curses. Reed get a call from Tony Stark and leaves. Vic slowly hovers his hand over his bottle making it float, he than drops it and laughs, leaving the bar. As the camera focuses on his hand glowing green. PHASE 3 MOVIE 4
