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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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In 1985 when an ancient entity called the Black Adam, with the powers of the wizard Shazam is freed from his prison by Klarion the Witch Boy, Diana Prince, the mayor of Gateway City has to dawn her amazonian suit once again to stop them. Meanwhile Dr. Fate has been tracking Klarion for over a year and him setting Adam free was exactly what he needed to find him. Local heroes like The Atom, Hawkgirl, and Blue Beetle all get word of Adam wreaking havoc throughout the city and get involved. Diana meets Fate and them and they all agree to work together and during the course of the movie they all become close. During the final battle Dr. Fate sacrifices himself to trap Klarion back in Hell, but he has to go with Klarion. Diana and the others face off against Black Adam, not just as a team, but as a family. They trap Adam back in his prison and return to the public as the Justice Society. During Fate's funeral Ray Palmer tells Diana that if they ever need to come back together, they will. Diana agrees and they lay Fate to rest.
