Website channel24.co.za reports More than 240 00 people have signed a petition for Disney to rehire Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn, who also garnered celebrity support just days after he was axed over a series of offensive tweets. "The tweets, mainly from 2008 and 2011, joked about taboo topics such as rape and paedophilia. Gunn, 51, has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and has drawn the ire of conservative critics, .