You're literally reading right now. That's basically all you can do on this forum.
Context is what is important. Gunn tweeted some anti-Trump stuff and the Alt-Right got pissy and started digging up some old offensive tweets he never deleted. What you need to know is that Gunn already apologized years ago for those tweets and since then has been bettering himself, but Disney for some reason decided to act fast and fire him despite probably knowing about those tweets before hiring him.
Ah, OK. Won't be signing that petition but if it was that long ago and they were jokes I hope...) then hope everything works out.
I dunno about fall guy, but if they name a replacement later this year, they could also wait it out and announce a reconciliation with Gunn next year if they want to. Different top management, different decisions. Alternatively if they want to backpeddle quickly, it might be embarrassing but if the chairman isn't sticking around he might not even mind? Or they might do nothing. Who knows. It's a little early to say.
He definitely did. I guess the question is how much Feige was kept in the loop for this, and how Iger would feel this week after having more talks with people who actually run that part of the business. There's definitely a lot of unhappiness going around the company now.
Ohhh now I understand what this is actually about. Thanks.
Saving face isn't about what actually happened. It's about not looking bad (or as bad). Independent of the fact that he couldn't possibly have acted unilaterally, if they wanted to go down that road, that's the excuse they'd use and there'd be nothing anyone could do to refute them.
It's not odd? He's the chairman, he makes these statements. When John Lasseter finally fucked off from Disney Animation, Horn was also the one who announced the replacements at Disney Animation and Pixar. They report to him directly.
Won't it be career suicide to break contracts with a company soon about to own 40% of the box office?
Not really. Pratt and Saldana have other big franchises they're a part of. And Disney isn't going to let GotG just cease to exist, it's too big a franchise for them and they're in the middle of integrating it into their theme parks for long term exposure. They actors actually have a decent amount of power here if they choose to exercise it.
I agree.
Hmmm, maybe if the actors threaten a mass walk out it can happen. But I don't think they will, most of their reponses aren't strong enough.
Jesus christ. It's a direct line.
Thanks. Well we'll see what happens after the vote is done and the merge happens.
Yes, I agree. They are probably having stronger responses behind the scenes so we don't really know entirely what is going on.
Nothing was leaked. Gunn nipped it in the bud years ago and had moved on.
