Talented director James Gunn is still working on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Now, through their interaction on Twitter, fans have learned that when James Gunn was writing the script for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel Studios did not have the rights to use Ego, played by Kurt Russell.
As many may already know, in 2019, Disney teamed up with 20th Century Studios, which led to Marvel regaining the rights to many characters such as the X-Men. However, before this event, the also director of Peacemaker, James Gunn, did not know about the character Ego due to lack of communication with Marvel Studios.
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This was announced when one of the followers asked him: “Is this the birth of Galactus?”, Along with an image of comics on social networks.
To which James Gunn replied: “No. Marvel didn’t own the rights to Galactus in 2014. Just another example of comic book pareidolia – in the millions and millions of comic book panels out there and the millions and millions of shots in movies, there is bound to be a huge amount of overlapping overlap. “
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This was not enough and generated more comments from users: “Weren’t the rights traded, where FOX had Ego the Living Planet and Marvel had Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and were they traded? I heard that once. “
“Yes, that is essentially true. If I remember correctly, FOX wanted TNW to be able to use his powers, which were partially owned by Marvel (these things are complex), and they let us use Ego in return … not knowing what he had, he already made him the antagonist in # GotGVol2, ″ explained James Gunn.
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“They told me that we owned the character, which was a mistake. I didn’t find out we didn’t have the rights to the character until after the deal was made. Thank goodness, because it was deeply ingrained in the script, “he continued.
Fans were not quiet and questioned the writer and director of The Suicide Squad if he had a plan B: “I did not have it, because I had no idea that rights were an issue. If I had changed before I started writing I might have discovered something else, but this was weeks before production. I think @DavidAyerMovies knows how difficult it can be to switch an antagonist right before shooting! ”
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