James Gunn’s Secret Horror Movie Is Opening In November
Right before this year’s San Diego Comic-Con,James Gunnteased the reveal of a secret horror project. Then all hell broke loose: Gunn was fired fromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3for old, highly inappropriate jokes, and ended up not appearing on SDCC after all. But the Gunn-produced horror movie – whatever it is – is still on track. In fact, Sony will release the movie in November.
James Gunn’s time with Disney and Marvel may be at an end (for now at least), but his career is far from over. According to an official release date schedule from Sony (viaScreenRant), Gunn’s secret horror project will hit theaters onNovember 30, 2018. It’s worth noting that while everyone (including Sony) is referring to this as “James Gunn’s horror project”, Gunn isn’t the director – he’s one of the producers.
Back in 2017,Varietyreported that Gunn would produce a horror film for the production company The H Collection, with directorDavid Yaroveskyat the helm. Yarovesky is a longtime Gunn collaborator, and also directed the music videoGuardians InfernoforGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Very little was known about the film after its initial announcement, save for the fact that the project would reunite producer Gunn with hisSlitherstarElizabeth Banks. Gunn also released the following statement:
“Elizabeth and I have been on the same artistic page since we first met when she auditioned forSlitherback in 2005. She’s since remained one of my best friends in the world, and I’ve been fighting tooth and nail to work with her again. She’s the perfect partner to Yarvo, the H Collective and myself in creating this very special project.”
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The project remained highly secretive, wrapping up production sometime this year. Last month, Gunn took to social media to reveal that the first official info about the movie would break during SDCC.
Of course, we all know what happened after that. Tasteless tweets from Gunn’s past came to light, leading to his firing from Disney and to the cancellation of the SDCC panel. The fate of the mystery horror movie was unclear, but now we officially know it’s still hitting theaters this year.
It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. For one thing, we still don’t even know what the movie is, or what it’s about. Then there’s Gunn’s firing. Will the news surrounding Gunn hurt the film, or help it? Despite Disney’s firm stance against re-hiring Gunn, there’s been a well of support for the filmmaker online. On top of that, a recent report indicated several other studios wereactively courtingGunn now that his time at Disney and Marvel has come to an end.
November is fast approaching, so I imagine we’ll learn more about this mystery horror movie very soon.
