Marvel President Kevin Feige was unable to attend due to being out of town. Vareity’s Insiders noted that while it was previously rumored that Feige was fighting for Gunn on his behalf, he stands by the studio’s decision to not bring back the Guardians director for the third installment.

Gunn was let go from the project nearly a month ago when dozens of Gunn’s tweets from nearly a decade ago came to light. The so-called “joke” tweets, about pedophilia and rape, were recently resurfaced by alt-right agitators after Gunn continuously went after current president of the United States, Donald Trump. The studio acted swiftly to remove Gunn from directing the third installment, believing the comments were unacceptable in the #MeToo era and were not in line with Disney’s family-friendly brand.

Support for Gunn has come from all sections of the entertainment community, especially from the Guardians cast. Cast members including Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker and even his brother Sean Gunn asked for Gunn to be reinstated in an open letter. Dave Bautista has been particularly open about his disgust for Disney’s handling of the situation, even going so far as to threaten to quit Guardians 3. He has since changed his tune, saying he will do what he is legally obligated to do. Here is an excerpt from the letter:

“It is our hope that what has transpired can serve as an example for all of us to realize the enormous responsibility we have to ourselves and to each other regarding the use of our written words when we etch them in digital stone; that we as a society may learn from this experience and in the future will think twice before we decide what we want to express; and in so learning perhaps can harness this capability to help and heal instead of hurting each other. Thank you for taking the time to read our words.”

Spokespeople for Disney and Marvel declined Variety’s and our own request to comment.