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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.
After being fired from his job at the bank and later being left by his wife for another man 38 year old Henry Teller sinks into depression until being struck by a bolt of black lightning and given super speed as well as access to the timeline so that he can manipulate the time-stream. Meanwhile Barry Allen the forensic scientist for the CCPD is talking with officer Eddie Thawne and Thawne's partner Donald Drake until they are informed of the Flash killing people at the bank. Eddie and Donald get there to find Henry opening a portal to the end of time so that he can send his old boss through the portal. Just then Barry Allen aka the Flash arrives and tries to stop Henry but during the altercation Barry is sent 30 years into the past to the year 1993 where he can't use his speed since it's before he got connected to the Speed Force. Barry realizes that he might be able to recreate the cosmic treadmill and get home with the right materials so he goes to find the only person he knows is rich enough to get those materials in 1993, Ted Kord aka the Blue Beetle. Barry tells Ted that he knows Ted is the Blue Beetle which convinces Ted that Barry is from the future and together they build the new cosmic treadmill. Once back in the present Barry and Henry have a final battle where Henry tries sending Barry to the end of time but Barry dodges the time portal and pushes Henry in.
