Disney rejects James Gunn as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" ELESPECTADOR.COM

The filmmaker was fired after hearing several Twitter messages in which he joked about issues such as pedophilia.

Disney announced this Friday that they fired the American filmmaker James Gunn who was to directing Marvel's film "The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3" after discovering a series of controversial old and controversial Twitter messages from the filmmaker in which he joked about issues such as pedophilia.

"Offensive Attitudes and Declarations Discovered in James' Profile on Unsustainable and Inconsistent with the Values ​​of the Study ", Walt Disney Studios President Alan Horn said in a statement announcing the dismissal of the director.

After these messages were known, Gunn released Thursday various tweets in which he asked for forgiveness and baderted that he is now a "very different person."

" I used to make a lot of offensive jokes, I do not do it anymore I do not blame my past for that, but now I feel more comfortable and I feel like a human being and a more complete creator, "said Gunn, who clarified that he previously saw himself as" a provocateur ".

Finally, I apologized for my humor that hurts people. I am really sorry and I wanted to say every word of my apologies, "he added.

Different conservative voices in the United States saved several old messages from Gunn who, in social networks , is known for his criticism of the right and the country's president, Donald Trump.

"I love when young children touch me in my idiot. Shhh! ", Read in a tweet from the director of 2009.

" I'm doing a great Hollywood adaptation of the children's book "The Giving Tree". with a happy ending: the tree pushes back and makes a blowjob to the child, "he writes in another post in 2011.

Gunn had taken over the address from" Guardians of the Galaxy "(2014) and his sequel" Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 " two films belonging to the film universe of Marvel and starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña

The first film reported $ 773 million worldwide, while the second reported $ 864 million. The shooting of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3" will begin before the end of the year.