I suppose they could heavily get someone to rewrite Gunn's script so he gets story credit but not screenwriting credit. I think Disney dropped the ball in this situation regardless of whether you agree with Gunn's firing or not.
As someone who for the first time watched Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia Here We Go Again back to back (basically only an hour break between viewings) I found Here We Go Again to be a far better film and yeah some of those final scenes actually got me emotionally.
Pretty rare for a direct sequel that is released 10 years later to be better than the original
I can see a scenario where Episode IX makes more than Black Panther domestic. But I think the ship has sailed OS so the max I see Episode IX getting is $1.45B
Idk if Disney deserves much credit since they most likely knew about Gunn's history before hiring in the first place. This is only to save face or *tinfoil hat time* using the tweets as an excuse to fire Gunn for something else.
I feel it is a tad extreme but if I was in Disney's position I probably would have done the same thing. Then again I would have also asked Gunn to wipe his whole twitter feed before he got hired in the first place. Hopefully Gunn will learn through his experience. A shame for him as he was pretty much handed the keys to the MCU Cosmic Realm for what they were gonna do with Phase 4. I would love Taika to come back but if he did I wouldn't expect Vol 3 to be in the same vein as Vol 1 and Vol 2.
Wow trust the internet to somehow make the James Gunn thing about Marvel vs DC. This literally has zilch to do with Zack Snyder. Like nothing at all.
And RIP Jon Schnepp. Loved watching his shows and was definitely one of the most genuine passionate fans on youtube and that came across onscreen.
Not surprised tbh
James Gunn has admitted before how much he was one of those types that liked to write those type of comments on twitter before he got the GOTG gig. Not defending him at all just noting I don't think this should be a surprise to anyone who has looked at Gunn's history pre-GOTG.
My friends and I had a good chuckle over Solo's floppage. Now when Justice League failed on Opening Weekend one of my friends who was a hardcore DC fan well let's just say wasn't in the best mood for a week.
The demographic that got Wonder Woman to $400M I really doubt is gonna go and see the Joker film. Dunno about WW84 reaching $1 Billion but it won't be affected in any substantial way by the Joker film.