The real monsters in the Netflix-Warner Bros.-Paramount mash-up could turn out to be regulators and politicians

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I was working in the lab late one night

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When my eyes beheld an eerie sight.

For my monster, from his slab, began to rise.

And suddenly, to my surprise,

Netflix did the Monster Mash

And tried to take over Warner.

It was a Hollywood smash

Until Paramount caught on in a flash.

With apologies to Bobby Pickett, whose 1962 pop-music hit is today mysteriously described on YouTube as a timeless “Christmas Song.” Maybe the sudden appearance of some of Hollywood’s largest corporate monsters caught the fancy of YouTube producers who saw an opportunity to turn Hollywood 2025 into a new horror hit.

The main performers in the three-way takeover battle — Netflix, Warner Bros. and Paramount — have in the past each pioneered versions of legendary horror/monster movies. Will the Frankenstein (Netflix) move to take control of Godzilla (Warner Bros.) ultimately be foiled by Dracula (Paramount)? At the end of it all, Frankenstein could also end up seizing control of the latest beasts in the House of the Dragon (Warner Bros.) series.

I’m just making that up. The plot of the Hollywood corporate battle has........

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