Now Is The Perfect Time For A New James Gunn Scooby-Doo
James Gunn has achieved a celebrity status that many filmmakers will never gain. He has become a mainstay for many comic book movie fans with his massive success with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, DC's The Suicide Squad, and now with his HBOMax series, Peacemaker.
However, his mainstream success did not begin with superhero franchises. James Gunn has stated himself that what took him from «just another screenwriter to a guy with a hit,» to the star he is today was his live-action films, Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed. Although both films were not very sought after by critics at the time, or by Warner Brothers for that matter, they have gained a cult following from the mid-twenty-year-old generation that have grown up with the movies.
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Scooby-Doo has been a cartoon superstar since its creation in 1969 with the Hanna Barbera cartoons by creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears with their CBS cartoon series, Scooby-Doo: Where Are You? Since then, Scooby and the rest of the Mystery Inc. Gang have gone through many reincarnations and reboots, from other cartoon shows, animated movies, and live-action films in the case of James Gunn's Scooby-Doo.
Although James Gunn's written and produced Scooby-Doo films were internationally commercially successful, they were both critically panned causing Warner Brothers to move on from his live-action versions of Scooby. In fact, this stopped Gunn from being able to move forward with the third installment. But, if one were to look at the box office and streaming services today, they would notice the onslaught of reboots, sequels, and prequels. Meaning it's never too late for James Gunn to make his third installment, and
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