WBD In Crisis: James Gunn's Future A Mystery & WGA Enter The Fight Over Paramount Merger!

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Kristian Harloff

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

The entertainment world is in chaos as Warner Bros. Discovery faces major pressure from all sides. The WGA is stepping in to block the potential Warner Bros.–Paramount merger, while DC Studios co-head James Gunn seemingly addresses rumors of a possible exit amid the sale talk. Plus, what does this mean for DC's future projects like Waller, The Brave and the Bold, and the newly registered Salvation Run trademark?

Kristian Harloff breaks down the latest in this developing studio war, with insight into where DC Studios stands and what could happen next.

Topics include:

WGA Aims To Block Warners-Paramount Deal

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

Paramount Offering David Zaslav a Co-CEO Role in a New Merged Company

Gunn on the Failed "Arkham Asylum" Series and "Waller" Status

DC Studios Registers Salvation Run Trademark for a Future Film

Andy Muschietti's Plans to Direct The Brave and the Bold

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0:00.0	What up, kiddies.
0:03.1	It's your boy. That's right. It's your boy, Winston. I'm going to be in charge today. Signor Christian has some family stuff that he needs to take care of today. He is fine. Everybody's fine. He just said, hey, bro, I need you to run the ship. I said, okay, that's what a skipper's supposed to do. You know what I mean? to make sure that we don't run it in the icebergs,
0:24.0	you know what i mean
0:21.1	to make sure that the you know we don't run it in the icebergs you know while you're taking a nap
0:24.9	or whatever it is you're doing so uh capes and cows friday you know what it is uh we have a
0:29.9	lot to talk about today man um first of all wGA is actually out here in these streets getting
0:36.1	ready to block the warn and Paramount deal.
0:39.1	They're ready to make sure that that doesn't happen.
0:42.2	Hell yeah.
0:43.8	See, this is exactly why my sister union.
0:47.0	Respect.
0:47.7	Love that.
0:49.4	Paramount also apparently offered David Zazloff a co-CEO role with the merge company.
0:54.1	So you know, he's probably not happy about it because he gets paid a lot of money to do a lot of nothing.
0:57.3	So I'm sure he's not super thrilled about that.
1:00.4	But James Gunn, we've got some updates from him, long-term plans for the DCU, beyond man of tomorrow, stuff that's coming, but not guaranteed.
1:07.8	More stuff about man of tomorrow.
1:10.8	The failed Arkham Asylum series and the Waller series.
1:15.7	And, you know, DC Studios is registering the Salvation Run trademark for a future film.
1:21.8	Bush Yeti still intends to direct through The Brave of the Bowl.
1:24.2	We got a lot, a lot of stuff going on today that we have to talk about.
1:28.8	You know I'm not doing it alone. I've got Chris Carr with me. But before we do anything,
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