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The Specials

film by Mazin [2000]
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    …screenplay for and acted in The Specials (2000), which follows a minor-league superhero team when off-duty. Gunn’s transition to mainstream Hollywood movies began with the screenplay for Scooby-Doo (2002), the live-action adaptation of the animated show. He followed it up by cowriting Dawn of the Dead (2004)—a reinterpretation of the…

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    …screenplay for and acted in The Specials (2000), which follows a minor-league superhero team when off-duty. Gunn’s transition to mainstream Hollywood movies began with the screenplay for Scooby-Doo (2002), the live-action adaptation of the animated show. He followed it up by cowriting Dawn of the Dead (2004)—a reinterpretation of the…

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