Zack Snyder & James Gunn Made a Pretty Great Zombie Movie Together

If you're reading this article and visit Collider with any regularity, you almost certainly know who Zack Snyder and James Gunn are. Snyder is the former music-video director who successfully crossed over to features, where he made his name on a string of visually striking and overly serious comic-book adaptations, including 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Gunn got his start working on low-budget horror films before also making the jump to superheroes, solidifying his A-list status with Marvel's fun and heartfelt Guardians of the Galaxy saga (the final installment of which opens in a few months). Both directors have, shall we say, passionate fan bases behind them – fan bases that now find themselves often butting heads because Snyder used to be the lead creative force behind the DC Comics cinematic universe before being jettisoned in favor of a new direction, while Gunn was recently named co-CEO of DC Studios and is charge of charting a course away from Snyder's original vision.