No, The Suicide Squad Did Not Affect Marvel’s Decision To Bring James Gunn Back For Guardians Vol.3

James Gunn was removed from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for a number of months starting July of 2018, when offensive tweets from a decade resurfaced from the filmmaker’s twitter page. It was during this interim period that Gunn negotiated his deal with DC for The Suicide Squad, before eventually being reinstated to complete his Marvel trilogy. Gunn recently cleared up this timeline, after a fan asked if Marvel would have brought him back if DC hadn’t given him another gig. He responded, saying:

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