Shocking news for Marvel fans this afternoon, as Marvel and Disney have reportedly cut ties with James Gunn after numerous old (and now-deleted) tweets from the filmmaker resurfaced late last night.
It’s also unclear what impact this scandal will have on Guardians and its place in the Marvel canon.
It seems unlikely that Marvel will use the screenplay Gunn was already developing for the sequel, leaving the studio to start over from scratch.
The tweets, which contained jokes about controversial and sensitive topics such as rape and pedophilia, were dug up and posted by alt-right social media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich.