Exactly as I first said, now YouTuber John Campea is publicly predicting James Gunn won’t stick around once Paramount takes control of Warner Bros. Discovery, which Paramount has said is expected to close later this year.
Campea makes it clear that he hasn’t spoken to Gunn and this is just his opinion.
But he says he’s “100% sure” Gunn will go to WBD CEO David Zaslav and ask to be let go from his contract before the end of the year, because Gunn “isn’t working for those guys,” and that Zaslav will let him exit (via YouTube):
“I 100% guarantee, again, I haven’t spoken to James Gunn. I’m just telling you what I think. But I am 100% sure that before the end of the year, James Gunn is going to go to David Zaslav and says and say, ‘It’s been nice, but there’s no way I’m working for those guys. So, can you please let me out of my contract?’ And I think David Zaslav will let him out of his contract.”
Campea then claims Gunn ends up back at Marvel as “Kevin Feige’s heir apparent”:
“And then I think he’s going to end up back at Marvel, and he will become Kevin Feige’s heir apparent to take over Marvel after Kevin Feige finally goes. That’s what I think is going to happen. That’s the road map that I see happening here. But there is no way James… I just can’t imagine a scenario that James Gunn – because we all know how James Gunn feels about Donald Trump – whether you think he’s right to feel that way or whether you think he’s wrong to feel that way, we all know how James Gunn feels about Donald Trump, and Ellison’s are Donald Trump’s little f-ck toys. So I just don’t see any reality in which James Gunn stays. He’s gonna quit.”
Campea’s core argument: Gunn vs. the Ellisons
Campea’s take is simple and follows what I said, as everybody knows how Gunn feels about Donald Trump.
Campea paints the Ellisons as Trump-aligned, which was previously reported by Variety and many other trade sites.
That’s why Campea says he can’t picture Gunn staying once Paramount is effectively in charge.
The Trump factor keeps landing on Superman
As I previously pointed out, the politics got louder the day Superman hit, when the official White House account posted the Trump-as-Superman meme using the classic “Truth. Justice. The American Way.”
That’s no coincidence.
Gunn already has a public anti-Trump record
This is also why the “Gunn quits” speculation doesn’t feel random.
Gunn has been publicly anti-Trump for years, including blunt attacks during Trump’s first term.
That history is exactly what Campea is leaning on when he says he can’t imagine Gunn choosing to work under Ellison.
Why “Marvel heir apparent” talk is even on the table
Campea’s Marvel angle is pure speculation, but the logic is obvious: Gunn’s biggest mainstream wins were at Marvel with the three Guardians of the Galaxy movies and producing Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
Gunn has existing relationships there, and if he leaves DC in a high-profile ownership change, Hollywood will line up for him.
So Campea’s roadmap is that Gunn asks out, Gunn exits clean, and Marvel becomes the landing spot as the long-term successor behind Kevin Feige.
What this means for DC right now
If Paramount keeps Gunn, DC still has a problem: the conversation becomes “is he staying?” instead of “what’s the next DCU win?”
And if Gunn thinks the brand is about to get shoved into nonstop political crossfire, quitting early lets him control the narrative and avoid being the guy who “got fired” after the merger.
We’ve been told from the get-go that Gunn is out with the sale of WBD, that the SnyderVerse is fully back in play, and eventually another DC reboot will happen.
What about Man of Tomorrow?
Gunn is due to start filming soon on his follow-up to Superman with Man of Tomorrow. Assuming it takes about six months to film, that would align with the Paramount-WBD deal going through.
Gunn recently teased he’s in pre-production. Man of Tomorrow gets released on July 9, 2027.
