Chris Pratt, Cast wants James Gunn reinstated as "Guardians of Galaxy 3"

The star shared an open letter, co-signed by the stars of the film, about the licensed filmmaker.

Chris Pratt and his Companions The Guardians of the Galaxy published an open letter in support of the ousted director James Gunn.

"Although I do not support James Gunn's inappropriate jokes years ago, he's a good man," Pratt wrote Monday in an Instagram post in which he shared a co-signed letter by the casting. "I would personally like to see him reinstated as the director of volume 3. Please, read the following statement – signed by our entire distribution."

In the open letter, the cast referenced a Change.org petition asking Gunn to be reinstated. So far, the petition has attracted more than 330,000 signatures following Disney's dismissal of Gunn on July 20 after the resurgence of offensive tweets in which the filmmaker was joking about topics such as pedophilia and rape.

"We fully support James Gunn, we were all shocked by his abrupt shots last week and intentionally waited ten days to respond in order to think, pray, listen and discuss," began the letter, signed by Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn and Pom Klementieff. "We have been encouraged by the support of fans and the media who want James to be reinstated as the director of Volume 3, as well as discouraged by those who have been so easily fooled into believing in the many extravagant conspiracy theories around him. "

Gunn's offensive tweets were resurfaced by conservative personalities, and the Guardians referred to the political division in the United States in the letter.

James is probably not the last good person to be judged, given the growing political divide in this country, it can be said that cases like this will continue, although we hope that Americans "By proclaiming Gunn's dismissal on July 20, Walt Disney Studios president Alan Horn said:" Offensive attitudes and the discoveries found on James' Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with the values ​​of our studio, and we broke our business relationship with him. "

Although Disney and Marvel Studios have not set an official release date, 3, the film was preparing to shoot in Atlanta this fall, and Gunn was working on a screenplay. already said that the film would be open in 2020. The two films of Gunn were great hits for Disney, with the original 2014 that brought in $ 773 million and last year Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 Earning $ 863 Million

Prior to this letter, various members of the troupe had adopted different approaches to publicly address Gunn's shots: Bautista, Rooker, and Sean's brother Gunn had been the most outspoken in their support for the filmmaker, while Pratt had been more measured, sharing several biblical verses.This is the first statement on the subject of Cooper and Diesel.

Read the letter of the distri bution below