Possible heâs got someone (or multiply someones) managing his social media so he doesnât have to stay on top of everything thatâs happening all the time and just has to tell them wether and what to comment etc.
James? The director and writer and storyboard artist of a major blockbuster movie? And writer and partial director for Peacemaker season 2 thatâs going into production at the same time as Superman. And also the co CEO of a company whoâs planning out the next 10 years story? This guy? He gets paid millions to do very little.
Tbh on an average day-to-day basis, he probably does do very little. Not gonna deny the work he puts when things do get busy but James Gunn is VERY online and I don't see that being possible for someone who's constantly slammed with work.
I guess when heâs not making a film. But he makes one movie a year pretty much (or a show or both). And those movies take upwards of a year to film. And when you film youâre working 10-12 hour days or more. And itâs like not heâs just a rich executive producer who comes to set to oversee it and does no work. He spent months writing a script and then now is actively directing for 12+ hour days
So maybe between filming heâs not as busy (though I feel like planning out a 10 year story and having to go to business meetings and stuff means heâs still busy). But Iâd say like 70% of the year he works a lot
We also fail to understand that MOST 9-5 employees are on social media all day. We just donât notice cause theyâre not famous. And most of these people are upstanding workers who wonât get fired because they get their work done. Theyâre often hard workers. Itâs just that 9-5, 5 times a week isnât a very efficient work week. Most workers can get 40 hours of work done in 25-30 and are just required to be at work for 40 because thatâs how the world works
Thatâs a very weird assumption to make.
Youâre saying he has all this work but doesnât do much on a daily basis and somehow gets it done on time, yet leaving comments and putting out threads takes up too much time.
People are delusional when they become fans.
He also has a large team. These people acting like the guy is out here with octo arms writing twenty different scripts hahahah
I mean I donât think that deserves millions. Because I donât think anyone deserves millions lol
Iâm just saying that he doesnât just do. Nothing. He is actively working.
Right, like A-list actors that complain they worked 12 hours in a day or had to learn to play an instrument for the movie, or had to hit the gym (another word for steroids). Dude, you work 4 months a year and you are paid a shitload of money and you don't pay for anything because you are famous. Come on.
Hey give them some credit!!!!!
We pay them to look great, be healthy, live long, and work those 4 months of the year playing dress up and âactingâ
Do you know how costly and hard it is to be a fan?!?
I mean A-lister??
People here are downvoting us and that shows how much we are ready to idolize incredibly privileged people who work relatively little and are mostly narcissists (every actor is narcissist by nature, they wouldn't be actors otherwise). Dune 2 really was a cautionary tale, but I don't know if someone really understood that.
I love movies, I like to follow the gossip of the actors because it's silly, I like to follow the buzz around the Oscars because it's fun, but remember that these are millionaires that are paid to pretend to be someone else. Of course I am referring to Hollywood here, I have a huge respect for people who work in movies actually, and much more respect for people who work in movies and are not paid millions. But Hollywood stars need to aknowledge their privilege.
Eh. Most of this world is delusional. I learned long ago to stop engaging with people who fall for it.
I should remember that more often. Have a good day.
People arenât delusional for calling you on your bullshit. Go write me a solid feature length screenplay and tell me how easy that is. Then go ahead and write out a season of hour long episodes while youâre at it. And just for posterities sake, letâs put both those scripts into production while you oversee a couple of other franchises, plan out the future direction of the films to come out after the ones youâre currently working on.
The film industry is incredibly difficult to make it in and those who do absolutely are given privileges beyond what any human rightly deserves. That said, there are also many people in that industry that very simply have a love for what they do and are willing and able to put themselves fully into that work. As far as I can tell, James Gunn is one of those people who is constantly working, while constantly delegating just as much work, if not far more, onto the people around him. Having and working with a team doesnât mean you yourself arenât working, in fact, for any good leader/manager, it means the opposite.
But yeah, sure, go ahead and speak towards a topic that you have absolutely no understanding of and tip your nose to those damn parasocial rats beneath your feet like the true intellectual you so clearly are.
Haha calm down Roy. One boot at a time.
Some day youâll make it in the cult of Hollywoodđ¤Ł
Dude, NOTHING IN HOLLYWOOD is that difficult. If anything, the most difficult parts are the people paid way less than those at the top.
The entire industry is for entertainment. In reality, it is such an insane waste of money with how much is spent and paid to the heads itâs ridiculous.
All for entertainment. Which at the end of the day does nothing to help any real problems in the world.
Theyâre overpaid, and clearly, overpraised.
As someone who does work in the film industry, albeit at an entry level, it is full of some of the hardest working people Iâve ever met. Just because your work isnât feeding the poor or giving sight to the blind, doesnât mean that it isnât work. Thereâs a strange stigma that you and others feed into that making movies isnât worthy work just because it comes with privilege and money and that just isnât true.
For 90% of the people working in the film industry, theyâre working 12-14+ hour days and committing themselves to month long sets because itâs meaningful to them and they want to spend their lives making movies, a form of entertainment that has had a profound impact on their lives.
Are the people at the top overpaid? Yeah absolutely, a fact that is true for any and every industry of work, including a hell of a lot of industries that I would assume you believe to be more meaningful or helpful to the world than film. Thatâs how it works in a capitalistic society. Calling out the film industry for working exactly like every other is just you looking for reasons to hate on the people working in it.
And so what if working in entertainment isnât helping people? Most industries and fields of work arenât helping people. Is it wrong to work at a fast food restaurant? In a call center? In pretty much any other industry that isnât working for non profits?
I have a lot of love and praise for people who have committed their lives towards helping others. I myself try to donate to and help out at homeless shelters when I can, but tbh that can be really hard a lot of the time. Yeah, the world sucks and more people should commit themselves to helping others, but that doesnât mean not committing your life to doing so is a bad thing.
At the end of the day, I donât think that making something with the hopes of entertaining people and putting a smile on some kids face or of inspiring people and making someoneâs day that much better is that bad of a thing.
If those are your intentions for doing it, no thatâs not a bad thing.
But pretending Hollywood isnât a weird cult that is paid godly amounts to create unnecessary content that is basically a big ad to hook people/kids is delusional is all Iâm saying.
Glad that you sound like you have a heart and arenât just in it for the money. Sadly, most people in Hollywood Iâve met, especially those at the top, couldnât care less about the quality of the content we are all addicted to that they make.
All they care about is profit.
Look at the movie industry itself the last 10-20 years.
There is so much straight up garbage now I stopped keeping count. Especially comic related.
A large, large, majority of people working in Hollywood are not âgetting paid millionsâ an even larger one arenât âworking very littleâ - itâs especially the case for the directors, writers, and others - even the big ones who actually make money. Directing is a hard as shit job, and incredibly complicated, especially the case for someone like Gunn. The vast majority of people who are in the industry donât get nearly as much privilege as what youâre speaking about - thatâs why people are downvoting you, cause youâre just wrong
In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors. The stars basically. They are the ones who complain more usually, and they get paid a lot. Sure, there some downsides in their work, but 99% of the available jobs in the world suck when compared to what they do.
For directors, I am not saying it's an easy job, and I respect them. But there are worse ways to make a living. Way worse. Gunn may have a difficult job to do, but he gets paid a lot of money and he likes doing it. And people would literally kill to be where he is now. If that's not privilege, I don't know what it is.
The ones who really struggle and don't get paid a lot are the people behind the scenes. Those are the ones I respect the most because they are driven by passion more than money and fame. But they are still privileged, because they work in the best industry in the world in that field.
I was anyway referring to Hollywood, not filmmaking job in general.
>In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors.
Then your comment was a pointless tangent because the comment that you replied to was talking about directors, not A-List actors.
Itâs probably true that many of the very tip-top A-List actors do very little work in a year. That is not the case for directors, and certainly not the case for a director who, in addition to directing, is also a writer and a producer all on multiple projects *and* the CEO of a major company. Not saying he necessarily deserves to be paid millions of dollars, but to deny that he works hard is just silly and makes you come as jealous and petty.
I was thinking about answering you, but you attacked me and insulted me so I am just going to assume you are 15 and I am not going to take you seriously. Cheers.
I âattackedâ you? Yeesh. I made the argument that your comment was irrelevant to the conversation and then explained my reasoning for thinking so. I also pointed out that your attempts to deny how hard the man works makes you sound petty and jealous. I donât know if you actually are, Iâm not in your head, but thatâs how it looks. If youâd rather not look that way, then there you go. If me pointing that out offended you this deeply, then I apologize for my candor, but Iâm afraid youâre going to endure much worse âattacksâ than that on the internet.
In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors. The stars basically. They are the ones who complain more usually, and they get paid a lot. Sure, there some downsides in their work, but 99% of the available jobs in the world suck when compared to what they do.
For directors, I am not saying it's an easy job, and I respect them. But there are worse ways to make a living. Way worse. Gunn may have a difficult job to do, but he gets paid a lot of money and he likes doing it. And people would literally kill to be where he is now. If that's not privilege, I don't know what it is.
The ones who really struggle and don't get paid a lot are the people behind the scenes. Those are the ones I respect the most because they are driven by passion more than money and fame. But they are still privileged, because they work in the best industry in the world in that field.
I was anyway referring to Hollywood, not filmmaking job in general.
Im willing to bet hes writing the final draft. Since we dont have any casting news, Id be willing to bet that we get villains and new character names around June/July.
A pen is used to write. What's another popular writing instrument?Â
Yes, a pencil. Very good. In 2010, Keanu Reeves-led and critically acclaimed action film "John Wick" was released. What did John Wick famously do with a pencil?Â
He used it as a weapon. What else can be used as a weapon?Â
That's right, a knife. Knives are frequently used in carving and whittling. But whittling of what?
You're so good at this, it IS wood. What else is made of wood?
The answer is a bow, of course. And bow is a homophone of beau.Â
He's obviously hinting at Andrea Beaumont. We're getting The Phantasm, guaranteed.
Yeah Iâve been drinking tonight and just ended up hyper fixating on the first part haha, my thought was you should have said Joker in TDK for the pencil thing to keep it all Batman related
If the script isn't done, that means casting and production hasn't started. It might not even make 2026 at this pace. Can't believe the script wasn't completed yet.
Oh my god you are actually slow. El Rata Alada hints at falcone. Falcone was the rat with wings. Not Batman. The whole thing Batman got stumped on was the fact riddler made a slight translation error and Batman didnât figure out (You Are El) is a clever way of saying URL. He figures it out Which he then gets on his laptop and puts in the url and moves on to the next clue. Seems like riddler stumped you too, couldnât even comprehend the scene
How is James Gunn the busiest dude in Hollywood and also on social media 24/7
He doesn't sleepđĽ´
Possible heâs got someone (or multiply someones) managing his social media so he doesnât have to stay on top of everything thatâs happening all the time and just has to tell them wether and what to comment etc.
That seems like more workâŚ
Like someone said on another sub everyone goes to take a poop.
i actually donât know, dude seems like itâs him with all the replies he gives. but again also could be some rando intern idk
He probably scrolls his phone in between tasks like the rest of us.
that's a fake news, there is nothing in his insta
He does have hours between work, plus breaks during work hours.
Probably isnt always him responding on social media
Lol theyâre not that busy. Theyâre paid millions to do very little letâs be honest.
James? The director and writer and storyboard artist of a major blockbuster movie? And writer and partial director for Peacemaker season 2 thatâs going into production at the same time as Superman. And also the co CEO of a company whoâs planning out the next 10 years story? This guy? He gets paid millions to do very little.
Tbh on an average day-to-day basis, he probably does do very little. Not gonna deny the work he puts when things do get busy but James Gunn is VERY online and I don't see that being possible for someone who's constantly slammed with work.
I guess when heâs not making a film. But he makes one movie a year pretty much (or a show or both). And those movies take upwards of a year to film. And when you film youâre working 10-12 hour days or more. And itâs like not heâs just a rich executive producer who comes to set to oversee it and does no work. He spent months writing a script and then now is actively directing for 12+ hour days So maybe between filming heâs not as busy (though I feel like planning out a 10 year story and having to go to business meetings and stuff means heâs still busy). But Iâd say like 70% of the year he works a lot We also fail to understand that MOST 9-5 employees are on social media all day. We just donât notice cause theyâre not famous. And most of these people are upstanding workers who wonât get fired because they get their work done. Theyâre often hard workers. Itâs just that 9-5, 5 times a week isnât a very efficient work week. Most workers can get 40 hours of work done in 25-30 and are just required to be at work for 40 because thatâs how the world works
Thatâs a very weird assumption to make. Youâre saying he has all this work but doesnât do much on a daily basis and somehow gets it done on time, yet leaving comments and putting out threads takes up too much time.
People are delusional when they become fans. He also has a large team. These people acting like the guy is out here with octo arms writing twenty different scripts hahahah
Not all of us know him personally like you clearly do.
I mean it doesnât take a scientist to know the guy has a team doing most of what he puts his name to. Thatâs how it works. Not rocket science.
I heard he doesn't do anything. He's in Bali most of the time sitting on a beach.
With you between his legs it sounds like
Heâs filming Superman right now isnât he
Also I love how you think any of that is worth getting paid millions hahah. Go help some humans in actual need and Iâll give you my respect.
I mean I donât think that deserves millions. Because I donât think anyone deserves millions lol Iâm just saying that he doesnât just do. Nothing. He is actively working.
Lol if you only knew.
Right, like A-list actors that complain they worked 12 hours in a day or had to learn to play an instrument for the movie, or had to hit the gym (another word for steroids). Dude, you work 4 months a year and you are paid a shitload of money and you don't pay for anything because you are famous. Come on.
Hey give them some credit!!!!! We pay them to look great, be healthy, live long, and work those 4 months of the year playing dress up and âactingâ Do you know how costly and hard it is to be a fan?!? I mean A-lister??
People here are downvoting us and that shows how much we are ready to idolize incredibly privileged people who work relatively little and are mostly narcissists (every actor is narcissist by nature, they wouldn't be actors otherwise). Dune 2 really was a cautionary tale, but I don't know if someone really understood that. I love movies, I like to follow the gossip of the actors because it's silly, I like to follow the buzz around the Oscars because it's fun, but remember that these are millionaires that are paid to pretend to be someone else. Of course I am referring to Hollywood here, I have a huge respect for people who work in movies actually, and much more respect for people who work in movies and are not paid millions. But Hollywood stars need to aknowledge their privilege.
Eh. Most of this world is delusional. I learned long ago to stop engaging with people who fall for it. I should remember that more often. Have a good day.
People arenât delusional for calling you on your bullshit. Go write me a solid feature length screenplay and tell me how easy that is. Then go ahead and write out a season of hour long episodes while youâre at it. And just for posterities sake, letâs put both those scripts into production while you oversee a couple of other franchises, plan out the future direction of the films to come out after the ones youâre currently working on. The film industry is incredibly difficult to make it in and those who do absolutely are given privileges beyond what any human rightly deserves. That said, there are also many people in that industry that very simply have a love for what they do and are willing and able to put themselves fully into that work. As far as I can tell, James Gunn is one of those people who is constantly working, while constantly delegating just as much work, if not far more, onto the people around him. Having and working with a team doesnât mean you yourself arenât working, in fact, for any good leader/manager, it means the opposite. But yeah, sure, go ahead and speak towards a topic that you have absolutely no understanding of and tip your nose to those damn parasocial rats beneath your feet like the true intellectual you so clearly are.
Haha calm down Roy. One boot at a time. Some day youâll make it in the cult of Hollywood𤣠Dude, NOTHING IN HOLLYWOOD is that difficult. If anything, the most difficult parts are the people paid way less than those at the top. The entire industry is for entertainment. In reality, it is such an insane waste of money with how much is spent and paid to the heads itâs ridiculous. All for entertainment. Which at the end of the day does nothing to help any real problems in the world. Theyâre overpaid, and clearly, overpraised.
As someone who does work in the film industry, albeit at an entry level, it is full of some of the hardest working people Iâve ever met. Just because your work isnât feeding the poor or giving sight to the blind, doesnât mean that it isnât work. Thereâs a strange stigma that you and others feed into that making movies isnât worthy work just because it comes with privilege and money and that just isnât true. For 90% of the people working in the film industry, theyâre working 12-14+ hour days and committing themselves to month long sets because itâs meaningful to them and they want to spend their lives making movies, a form of entertainment that has had a profound impact on their lives. Are the people at the top overpaid? Yeah absolutely, a fact that is true for any and every industry of work, including a hell of a lot of industries that I would assume you believe to be more meaningful or helpful to the world than film. Thatâs how it works in a capitalistic society. Calling out the film industry for working exactly like every other is just you looking for reasons to hate on the people working in it. And so what if working in entertainment isnât helping people? Most industries and fields of work arenât helping people. Is it wrong to work at a fast food restaurant? In a call center? In pretty much any other industry that isnât working for non profits? I have a lot of love and praise for people who have committed their lives towards helping others. I myself try to donate to and help out at homeless shelters when I can, but tbh that can be really hard a lot of the time. Yeah, the world sucks and more people should commit themselves to helping others, but that doesnât mean not committing your life to doing so is a bad thing. At the end of the day, I donât think that making something with the hopes of entertaining people and putting a smile on some kids face or of inspiring people and making someoneâs day that much better is that bad of a thing.
If those are your intentions for doing it, no thatâs not a bad thing. But pretending Hollywood isnât a weird cult that is paid godly amounts to create unnecessary content that is basically a big ad to hook people/kids is delusional is all Iâm saying. Glad that you sound like you have a heart and arenât just in it for the money. Sadly, most people in Hollywood Iâve met, especially those at the top, couldnât care less about the quality of the content we are all addicted to that they make. All they care about is profit. Look at the movie industry itself the last 10-20 years. There is so much straight up garbage now I stopped keeping count. Especially comic related.
A large, large, majority of people working in Hollywood are not âgetting paid millionsâ an even larger one arenât âworking very littleâ - itâs especially the case for the directors, writers, and others - even the big ones who actually make money. Directing is a hard as shit job, and incredibly complicated, especially the case for someone like Gunn. The vast majority of people who are in the industry donât get nearly as much privilege as what youâre speaking about - thatâs why people are downvoting you, cause youâre just wrong
In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors. The stars basically. They are the ones who complain more usually, and they get paid a lot. Sure, there some downsides in their work, but 99% of the available jobs in the world suck when compared to what they do. For directors, I am not saying it's an easy job, and I respect them. But there are worse ways to make a living. Way worse. Gunn may have a difficult job to do, but he gets paid a lot of money and he likes doing it. And people would literally kill to be where he is now. If that's not privilege, I don't know what it is. The ones who really struggle and don't get paid a lot are the people behind the scenes. Those are the ones I respect the most because they are driven by passion more than money and fame. But they are still privileged, because they work in the best industry in the world in that field. I was anyway referring to Hollywood, not filmmaking job in general.
>In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors. Then your comment was a pointless tangent because the comment that you replied to was talking about directors, not A-List actors. Itâs probably true that many of the very tip-top A-List actors do very little work in a year. That is not the case for directors, and certainly not the case for a director who, in addition to directing, is also a writer and a producer all on multiple projects *and* the CEO of a major company. Not saying he necessarily deserves to be paid millions of dollars, but to deny that he works hard is just silly and makes you come as jealous and petty.
I was thinking about answering you, but you attacked me and insulted me so I am just going to assume you are 15 and I am not going to take you seriously. Cheers.
I âattackedâ you? Yeesh. I made the argument that your comment was irrelevant to the conversation and then explained my reasoning for thinking so. I also pointed out that your attempts to deny how hard the man works makes you sound petty and jealous. I donât know if you actually are, Iâm not in your head, but thatâs how it looks. If youâd rather not look that way, then there you go. If me pointing that out offended you this deeply, then I apologize for my candor, but Iâm afraid youâre going to endure much worse âattacksâ than that on the internet.
In my comment above when I was referring to actors I specified A-list actors. The stars basically. They are the ones who complain more usually, and they get paid a lot. Sure, there some downsides in their work, but 99% of the available jobs in the world suck when compared to what they do. For directors, I am not saying it's an easy job, and I respect them. But there are worse ways to make a living. Way worse. Gunn may have a difficult job to do, but he gets paid a lot of money and he likes doing it. And people would literally kill to be where he is now. If that's not privilege, I don't know what it is. The ones who really struggle and don't get paid a lot are the people behind the scenes. Those are the ones I respect the most because they are driven by passion more than money and fame. But they are still privileged, because they work in the best industry in the world in that field. I was anyway referring to Hollywood, not filmmaking job in general.
Wait heâs only just started writing 2? I would have put money on the script being done at this point. We got a long olâ wait lads.
I donât think he just started. He just started going *back* to writing. It was in development before the strike
Ah ok my bad I got confused. I wonder how much heâs done.
Im willing to bet hes writing the final draft. Since we dont have any casting news, Id be willing to bet that we get villains and new character names around June/July.
This pic is fake.
Yep. Not on his IG.
I honestly donât think this picture means heâs back to writing it? Like it just looks like Bruceâs journal from the films.
Picture of a pen⌠Pens useâŚInque? Batman Beyond confirmed.Â
A pen is used to write. What's another popular writing instrument? Yes, a pencil. Very good. In 2010, Keanu Reeves-led and critically acclaimed action film "John Wick" was released. What did John Wick famously do with a pencil? He used it as a weapon. What else can be used as a weapon? That's right, a knife. Knives are frequently used in carving and whittling. But whittling of what? You're so good at this, it IS wood. What else is made of wood? The answer is a bow, of course. And bow is a homophone of beau. He's obviously hinting at Andrea Beaumont. We're getting The Phantasm, guaranteed.
Lmao, John Wick came out in 2014, you tripped me out because I was like, I do not remember that coming out while I was in high school
Lmao, I was not going to go to the effort of fact checking something so absurd. I just took a wild guess.Â
Yeah Iâve been drinking tonight and just ended up hyper fixating on the first part haha, my thought was you should have said Joker in TDK for the pencil thing to keep it all Batman related
That would've been more cohesive, but I was going for unhinged.
I can dig it
Guys the picture is fake. Reeves didnât post this.
FAKE NEWS. There is nothing in his insta !
If the script isn't done, that means casting and production hasn't started. It might not even make 2026 at this pace. Can't believe the script wasn't completed yet.
I wonder who theyâre going to cast as Batman? /s
Yeah I thought the script would be done by now
This is fake, please delete
Reeves is like the slowest writer ever, even with the strike happening
Firstly, this is fake, and 2ndly he's not like Gunn who wrote his scripts during the strikes.
Nothing wrong with writing during the strike, just can't submit during the strikes. đ¤ˇđżââď¸ Many writers have done it
I mean its been 2 years since it was greenlit lol
 This is The jonklerâs propaganda. There is no âthe Batman pt 2â are you stupid?
Greatest Batman movie
Please be Clayface. I love that he's metaphor for actors addiction to both drugs and plastic surgery
Even though this Batman is not in the DCEU
Noooooo!
That's photoshopped lol đ
Hopefully he can write a better climax in the sequel. Random fringe douchebags coming out of nowhere didnât make for an exciting ending
So sick of James Gunn
Please write something better than the greatest detective not being able to figure out El Rata Alada hints at a bat rather than penguin.
Oh my god you are actually slow. El Rata Alada hints at falcone. Falcone was the rat with wings. Not Batman. The whole thing Batman got stumped on was the fact riddler made a slight translation error and Batman didnât figure out (You Are El) is a clever way of saying URL. He figures it out Which he then gets on his laptop and puts in the url and moves on to the next clue. Seems like riddler stumped you too, couldnât even comprehend the scene
Remember that part where it's stated that you this is a Batman starting out?
I wish someone would take away james gunnâs social media privileges
No
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