Sunday 23 September 2012

James Gunn to Direct Guardians Of The Galaxy

 
 
It was thought to have been a done deal for a lit­tle while now, but Mar­vel has offi­cial­ly unveiled James Gunn as its direc­tor for Guardians Of The Galaxy, and has revealed that he'll rewrite the script to boot.
A script had already been writ­ten by Chris McCoy and Nicole Perl­man, but Gunn has been given carte blanche to do away with that and write his own, as was the case with Joss Whe­don on The Avengers.
Gunn is under­stand­ably excit­ed about the project, and released an offi­cial state­ment via his Face­book page.
"For a month or so there’s been a lot of Inter­net spec­u­la­tion about my involve­ment with Mar­vel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy," said Gunn. "Until now I haven’t said any­thing, because I’m try­ing to be less expul­sive about this project than I am about the rest of my life. But last night I got the go-ahead from Kevin Feige to let you all know that, yes, indeed, I am rewrit­ing and direct­ing Guardians Of The Galaxy."
"As a life­long lover of Mar­vel comics, space epics, AND rac­coons, this is the movie I’ve been wait­ing to make since I was nine years old. Kevin, Joss, and all the folks at Mar­vel have been amaz­ing col­lab­o­ra­tors so far, and we’re com­mit­ted to bring­ing you some­thing majes­tic, beau­ti­ful, and unique. I am incred­i­bly excit­ed.
"I am also incred­i­bly grate­ful to the fans and the press for all their words of encour­age­ment and sup­port regard­ing my involve­ment with this project since the news first leaked. Thanks – you have, hon­est­ly, touched and over­whelmed me. And that’s it for now. Other than the occa­sion­al pho­tos of my dog and cat here on Face­book, I’ll talk to you again in August 2014 when Guardians is released!"

Guardians Of The Galaxy opens in the US on 1 August 2014.