Gunn joins Suicide Squad

James Gunn was fired from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, but now he’s headed to DC Comics. Warner Bros. on Tuesday confirmed that Gunn will write the script to the studio’s next Suicide Squad instalment. In July, Disney fired Gunn from the Guardians franchise he shepherded after jokes he wrote involving rape and pedophilia on Twitter between 2009 and 2012 resurfaced. The creative force between the two hugely popular Guardians films, Gunn’s firing prompted its own backlash. The cast issued a statement of support for Gunn, imploring Disney to reinstate him. But instead, Gunn will take over Suicide Squad, the DC supervillain team-up franchise.