Walt Disney Co. on Friday severed its relationship with James Gunn, who previously directed two “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies for its Marvel Studios unit that together grossed $1.64 billion. He was expected to soon start work on a third.
The move came after The Daily Caller website and online critics resurfaced tweets written between 2008 and 2012 by Mr. Gunn, before he worked for Marvel, in which he made sexually explicit jokes, including some about children.
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