James Gunn

I said, you know, it's like no movies are taken seriously.

They aren't a part of the cultural conversation unless it's like a Hulk movie or a Marvel movie or something.

I'm making these lower-budget films.

Like, they just aren't resonating.

You know, I had just signed a deal to do another TV pilot, which I had always done, and I was like...

You know, it seems like the really creative space for writers these days and even directors is in television.

That's where you kind of do what you want.

Television has taken the place of the art film in a lot of ways.

So I said, I am going to just focus on television.

I had also just done a video game, which I had a lot of fun doing.

I'm going to focus on creating TV and video games.

And it was then that Marvel called

and said, we want you to come in and meet about this thing.

And I was like, oh, I have to drive down.

They were in Manhattan Beach at the time.

I was in Studio City.

I'm like, oh my God, I got to drive through this terrible traffic.

It's such a great LA response.

Yeah.

Instagram page with the cool traffic site.