Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20171117030359/@comment-27700324-20171209025019

SeanWheeler wrote:

The Mercenary 73 wrote:

SeanWheeler wrote: Who at Warner Bros is in charge of the embargoes? As I already explained, there isn't an embargo as such any more. Each case is now a separate matter to be negotiated and "windows" where characters can be used arranged.

The Flash season 3 was written so that Wally could become the Flash should Barry be withheld from CW, luckily that didn't happen and now we have a new arrangement for the use of original DC characters.

But to answer your question, the chief executives and senior management of BOTH WB and DC decide who can be used. CW have to deal with both parties, anything is now possible as we will see in the future. Before CW shows couldn't even mention the likes of Superman or Batman, that's all changed. Well, those "windows" that close when they can't use characters I would still call an embargo. And yes the restriction of Superman has changed when Supergirl aired. So if Wally was written to be the new Flash when Barry becomes off-limits, how come DC allowed Barry to stay when using him for Justice League? If contractual obligations made sure Grant Guston was in every episode, they wouldn't need to worry about DC placing an embargo on him, because the embargo would break the contract. Contracts are more powerful than executive vetoes, right? And if they could give Barry an embargo and CW was ready to use Wally, then they probably should have did that. The restriction of Superman was because of his death in the movies.