James Gunn

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Director, writer, and co-CEO of DC Studios James Gunn (the showrunner of "Peacemaker" and the writer and director of "Superman”) joins Andy Richter to discuss his unconventional path to DC Studios, what he learned from working in B movies, why he loves making “Peacemaker,” and much more. Plus, it was James’ birthday! Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the three questions. I am Andy Richter. I am the host of the three questions.
0:05.4	And today, I am absolutely thrilled to have director and writer James Gunn on. You know him as a writer and director for the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. And he is currently, he's like, he's got godlike power. He's the co-CEO of the DC universe, an entire universe. I've never
0:26.1	talked with anyone who jointly controls a universe. I mean, I did in a TV show, but that was a joke.
0:33.6	He wrote and directed the new Superman movie, which is in theaters now. He's also the creator and writer of Peacemaker, which is so good.
0:41.1	And it's streaming now on HBO Max.
0:43.4	We'll get into that a little bit later in the conversation.
0:46.3	So let's get into it.
0:47.4	Here's James Gunn.
0:48.7	Music. All right.
1:02.9	Well, it's pretty obvious that you decided that for your birthday, you wanted to be on my podcast.
1:11.4	That's exactly right.
1:12.8	My wife asked me, what do you want for your birthday?
1:17.3	And I said, Andy Richter.
1:18.7	Yes.
1:20.2	Wise choice.
1:24.2	I'm much better than cake or a fancy dinner.
1:28.4	No,
1:28.7	happy birthday.
1:29.8	I saw that this morning, you know?
1:32.3	Yeah, it's my birthday.
1:33.7	It's, uh, you know, well, you're rolling along.
1:36.2	What, what can we do?
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