Comics on Film: In James Gunn, Marvel's Loss Is DC's Gain

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In this column over the years, we’ve spoken a number of times about how Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 was one of the most delightfully unexpected successes to ever come along in the history of comic book cinema. Everything aligned for it: a writer and director who got inside the material, a studio who gave it the resources it needed, and a studio head who understood how these characters could potentially connect with people. History may not have fully repeated itself with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last year, but it was certainly one of the better sequels to come along in a while, largely continuing what people loved and expected from the characters they’d been introduced to a few years prior. This past July, Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Company...
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