James Gunn is back on Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and fans are channeling their inner Bautista in celebration

It's been a banner week for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel slammed the box office records in an amazing Brie Larson-led adventure, we got another 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:detail-filled trailer for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Endgame, and now the once-fired James Gunn has returned to helm Guardians of the Galaxy 3.   

Gunn was fired after a number of controversial tweets were uncovered last year (though he had apologized for them long before this recent outcry). Immediately after his dismiss🔯al, fans, other notable filmmakers, and the Guardians stars themselves spoke out against Marvel's decision to let the director go. Now that he's back, fans went all-out on Twitter to celebrate the return of their favorite MCU director. 

It started off with simple celebrations:

Some even talked about Disney's acquisition of Fox and how it could play into Guardians🅺 3:

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Thor: Ragnarok director♒ Taika Waititi even got in ꦓsome good-natured ribbing: 

Oh, we can dream… 

Finally, some big jokes that really resonated:

After the initial news broke, Gunn made a heartfelt stཧatement thanking his supporters and addressing some criticism he'd received over the past few months: 

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