You don't need to explain superheroes to James Gunn. The filmmaker, who cut his teeth making splatter-core pictures for Troma and is now directing Superman while overseeing the new DCU, has long been open about his adolescent diet of Silver and Bronze Age comic books. His bonafides include transforming Marvel's obscure Guardians of the Galaxy into Disney mascots via a trilogy of acclaimed tentpoles, and helming a compulsively watchable Suicide Squad movie for Warner Bros. There was no one more qualified to take charge of DC's latest rebirth.
