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Regardless that he’s beneath no obligation to take action, James Gunn has made it his mission to deal with as many trolls, haters, and critics as humanly attainable on social media, and it occurs to typically that it’s a must to surprise the place he finds the time to place the ending touches on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, by no means thoughts the remainder of his DCU commitments.
You’ll be able to typically set your watch to the co-CEO getting into the battlefield of Twitter to clear up unfounded rumors, private assaults, or unwarranted hypothesis, however even by his requirements yesterday was a doozy that additionally underlined the sheer versatility of bile and vitriol being launched in his route frequently.
The primary incident got here when a clickbait headline claimed that Dave Bautista “didn’t give a f*ck” about starring within the new and hopefully improved DCU, which unsurprisingly compelled The Suicide Squad creator into motion seeing as the previous WWE star is a longtime pal and common collaborator.
I do not normally see them however I discovered about this web site this morning with a bunch of actually shitty articles that both stretch the reality to the purpose of snapping or simply ignore it fully.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 7, 2023
Subsequent within the firing line was Matt Reeves’ The Batman – Half II, with Gunn responding to chatter that he may find yourself getting a bit too concerned within the subsequent chapter of the Elseworlds franchise, in addition to a manufacturing timeline that’s forcing followers of the opener to attend till October of 2025 to see what’s in retailer for Robert Pattinson’s Darkish Knight.
I am undecided the place you are getting your manufacturing dates, however Batman 2 is popping out as early because it probably can, with sufficient time for Matt to do what he must do to make it as nice as attainable.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 7, 2023
Final, however certainly not least, the age-old conspiracy that Gunn has secretly been operating a burner account for years that acts as a conduit for the filmmaker and government to reward his personal work within the face of unrelenting on-line negativity was dealt with, too.
Sure I arrange that account in 2021 and tweeted 3200 instances to make it look actual simply so I may ask myself 2 years later if I’ve learn Grant’s Motion Comics. You intelligent detective. What an fool I’m.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 8, 2023
Finally, Gunn could have to easily abandon his hope to set issues straight each time one thing is both delivered to his consideration or infuriates him, as a result of one man rebelling in opposition to a limiteless military of trolls is a battle that merely can’t be gained no matter the place the reality actually lies.