Even though he now runs DC Studios and makes movies about Superman and shows about the Peacemaker , it’s hard not to think James Gunn when you hear the words “ Guardians of the Galaxy .” Who else in Hollywood would look at weirdos like Drax the Destroyer or Rocket Raccoon and decide to make them the main characters of a Disney blockbuster? Only the guy who made Mister Terrific one of the best parts of a Superman movie, right?

Not necessarily. Turns out, the guy who decided that a Predator movie needs a cute animal sidekick—and was right!—could have done it too. Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg recently revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he was once in the running for the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. “I will say that I met a produc

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