Rehire James Gunn Billboard Goes Up Near Disneyland

Headlines around James Gunn's firing from Disney have been slowed down, but his fans are just off the hook. A fan campaign launched on the crowdsourcing GoFundMe has been raising money since September 20 to put up billboards advocating for Gunn to be reinstated as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, "and the first billboard has officially gone live in Garden Grove, California, about five miles away from Disneyland in Anaheim.

The billboard direct viewers to RehireJamesGunn.com and will remain up through November 25. The fan group paid $ 4,000 for the billboard and is continuing to raise money on GoFundMe so it can be more billboards closer to Disneyland ahead of Christmas. Gunn was fired on July 20 after controversial jokes he made on Twitter several years ago resurfaced on social media. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the studio was severing all with Gunn, who directed the first two "Guardians of the Galaxy" films, and was in the developmental stage on "Vol. 3. "

Gunn's firing has been condemned by "Guardians" actor Dave Bautista, Gunn and the many fans asking Disney to rehire the director on the next superhero movie. Gunn apologized for his controversial jokes the same day he was fired by Disney, but the studio has not budged in the months since, and Gunn remains no longer welcome to Disney.

While Gunn will not be involved in a third "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, he will be returning to the superhero genre by writing the script for Warner Bros.'s next "Suicide Squad" movie. News broke on October 9 Gunn was handling the script for the DC Comics movie, and possibly eyeing the director's chair. The film is being played on Suicide Squad, and David Ayer's 2016 film.

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