Excitement is building over James Gunn's first DC project The Suicide Squad which already promises to be one hell of a ride. Now, the film's premiere is still a few months away but a lot of fans are already invested in some of the characters that are set to appear in the "soft reboot". Apparently, some fans have become overly "passionate" about their favorites to the point where the director is already receiving death threats over potentially killing off one, two, or possibly more characters in the film.
Taking to Twitter, the Guardians of the Galaxy director revealed that he recently received a death threat from a fan on Instagram who claims that he'll "hate-crime" the director if he decides to kill off his/her favorite Suicide Squad member. Quoting his interview with Den of Geek, Gunn wrote: "This morning on IG: "This is a threat. If you kill (character name redacted) I will hatecrime you." Every. Single. Day."
In a subsequent tweet, Gunn shared that he tries his best not to get affected by such threats. He said: "If you read the comments below this thread, they're someone around the average of 75 or 50 positive to 1 negative - too many artists get bogged down in the negative ones & grow numb to the positive ones. I try not to get bogged down in either & stay focused on what I love to do."
Say what you will about James Gunn but I'm 100% sold on the idea of him taking the reins from David Ayer and I've always believed that he is the perfect guy to helm the DC project. It can't be denied that Gunn has a way with D-list characters and he pretty much proved his magic in Guardians of the Galaxy, turning some of Marvel's lesser-known characters into iconic heroes. And considering WB didn't meddle with his creative vision, I'm pretty sure he'll be able to take the DCEU to even greater heights,
The Suicide Squad hits theater and HBO Max this August.
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