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James Gunn

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
489 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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"James Gunn"

That's what the guy does.

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"James Gunn"

That's why we hired him.

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"James Gunn"

And it was just a list of, you know, things that they just had nothing to do with storytelling, nothing to do with what would capture people's imaginations and just whatever their peculiarities were.

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"James Gunn"

I thought it gave me an opportunity.

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"James Gunn"

First of all, I thought it was cool because DC was breaking off from Warner Brothers and becoming its own studio, which was awesome.

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"James Gunn"

That had never been done.

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"James Gunn"

You know, Marvel is still under Disney.

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"James Gunn"

And then, secondly, I thought it was an opportunity to try something that had never been done before, which was to create a cohesive universe, but also a cohesive brand that was about quality.

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"James Gunn"

And I only am going to be on this earth for so long, so might as well put everything into it.

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"James Gunn"

It's an opportunity that just has never existed for anyone, ever.

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"James Gunn"

So how could I say no to that?

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"James Gunn"

My wife wishes I had.

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"James Gunn"

You know, how could I say no to that?

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"James Gunn"

Oh, I knew that we could.

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"James Gunn"

Yeah, yeah, because the only person we answer to is David Zaslav, and David Zaslav has... He tells us if he likes something or he doesn't like something, but he doesn't have any sort of say or interest in saying... It's not that he doesn't have any say.

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"James Gunn"

If he wanted to, I guess he could, but he doesn't have any interest in saying the story A and story... He's the opposite of the guy Will was talking about.