James Gunn Addresses A Potential Exit From DC Studios?!

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Kristian Harloff

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

James Gunn Seemingly Addresses A Potential Exit From DC Studios! On today’s episode of The Kristian Harloff Show, we break down the latest reports surrounding James Gunn and the future of DC Studios following Warner Bros. Discovery’s sale announcement. What could this mean for the DCU’s long-term plans — and will Gunn stay on board?

Plus, new Star Wars rumors are swirling! Reports claim the Rey movie has been put on hold while a long-delayed Star Wars spin-off might finally return to development. We also discuss the surprising reveal that David Fincher was once developing a Star Wars movie post–Rise of Skywalker that ultimately fell through.

And in animation news, Hasbro is officially bringing “GI Joe” and “Transformers” together in an all-new animated crossover event!

Topics include:

James Gunn Seemingly Addresses A Potential Exit From DC Studios Following WBD Sale Announcement

RUMOR: As Rey Movie Is Put On Hold, A Long-Delayed Star Wars Spin-off May Be Back On The Table

David Fincher Was Also Developing a Star Wars Movie Post–Rise of Skywalker That Ultimately Fell Through

GI Joe & Transformers Animated Crossover Set

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0:00.0	So many stories.
0:02.0	So many stories.
0:02.8	We're going back and forth today about which stories to go with.
0:06.9	And so as we mentioned, and this is the same thing we mentioned with the Dr. Doom thing,
0:11.3	when we said, Robert Downey Jr. could potentially play Dr. Doom.
0:14.4	Why are you reporting on that?
0:15.4	It's one site.
0:18.5	And then it's like, well, because of the potential that it's in a realistic lane and the same
0:24.4	thing happened when we talked last week about what is the potential of james gunn's future
0:32.6	when it comes to a potential sale of warner brothers to whether it's Paramount or any other place,
0:40.8	which Warner Brothers is clearly on the market. We talked about this yesterday. So James Gunn himself,
0:49.0	not necessarily directly, but hinted at whatever the future might be. Now, is it necessarily tied into this sale
0:57.1	or is it also tied into his contract? A mixture of both? We'll discuss. The other thing that we
1:04.1	were going to talk about is where we were going to go with Star Wars. Adam Driver recently mentioned that there was a story
1:15.8	that he and Soderberg had kind of come up with. Lucas from loved it. Iger and Cruz shot it down.
1:22.9	Well, now there's a report that David Fincher had a movie. It was ready to go. Too much money. He wanted
1:30.4	final cut. So they said, no, no, can't do it. Other stuff, Ray, we've been saying it for a while now.
1:39.7	Looks like that movie, at least the rumor is that that movie's put on hold. So what does that mean overall?
1:45.5	So there's so much that we're going to be discussing. Let's get into it. It's myself and
1:51.7	Steph Sabra here on the show, Christian Arloff Show here today on this Thursday, everybody.
1:57.3	Let's get to it.
2:11.9	Welcome back to the show, ladies and gentlemen, here today on this Thursday.
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