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The MCU has a history of hiring relatively unknown directors for its movies, which seemingly reflects the studio’s adamancy to control its filmmakers. But this wasn’t the case with James Gunn, who was brought on board to helm a movie aboutGuardians of the Galaxy, which, like Gunn, was relatively unknown in the mainstream landscape.
While the scale of the movie was miles above Gunn’s indie superhero flick,Super, surprisingly, the director was much more comfortable filming the huge-budget Marvel movie.
Super‘s short window proved to be harrowing for James Gunn
In contrast to the MCU’s alleged controlling approach,James Gunnhad total creative freedom under Kevin Feige’s leadership from the get-go. Although this might’ve to do with theGuardians‘ relatively unknown status in the mainstream landscape, Gunn succeeded in transforming them into household names, thus kickstarting his dominance in the CBM scene.
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Moreover, the MCU didn’t shy away from giving the film a massivebudgetof $170M. Still, despite the huge scale ofGuardians of the Galaxy, which was uncharted territory for the director up to that point, the challenge was relatively easier than that ofSuper, which he deemed harrowing for its short window (viaCollider).
We had to do like 50 set-ups a day, so it was just a harrowing, tough experience, and this is difficult, but it’s because it’s over such a long period of time. But on a day-to-day basis, it’s actually a lot more – using the word easy is not the greatest thing but, yeah, it’s easier because you do have more time for the set-ups, you have more time for planning.
Considering the director has continued to deliver critical and commercial hits with his superhero flicks since then, it’s safe to assume that the adequate window for production is responsible for his consistent track record.
James Gunn is bringing his philosophy to the DCU
Under his regime, Gunn is giving writers an adequate window to come up with the best storyline, which isn’t surprising given his stature as a writer/director. Moreover, instead of following Marvel’s approach, Gunn has been adamant about prioritizing writers, who are set to be the cornerstone ofthe new DCU, as no project will move forward without a finished script (viaCollider).
There’s no set timeline for anything. The one thing that I’ve tried to make clear to people from the beginning, in the way that I hope we’re different, is that everything in DC is going to be based on the writers.
Given how he has continued to mold himself to different challenges throughout his career, whether it beSuper,Guardians,orThe Suicide Squad, one can’t help but admire Gunn’s perseverance as a filmmaker.
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Superis available to rent on Apple TV.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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