James Gunn And Peter Safran Step Down As DC Studios Heads; Marvel Veteran Jeremy Latcham Takes Over
In a Hollywood shake-up nobody saw coming, James Gunn and Peter Safran have exited their roles as co-CEOs and chairmen of DC Studios after four years. The move was announced on November 9, 2026, as part of Skydance’s quarterly earnings call, just weeks after Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham will step in as President and Chief Creative Officer, effective December 1, 2026. Gunn and Safran were hired to run DC Studios in October 2022 and launched a full reset of the DC Universe across film, television and animation, including Superman. But Gunn has since said the four-year executive stint was “trying,” adding that he disliked the at-times corporate nature of the job and was relieved and excited to return to pure filmmaking. He stressed he is not done with DC — he and Safran will return to full-time creative work, with Man of Tomorrow, the Superman sequel, already finished filming and in post-production ahead of its July 9, 2027 release, plus another DC project Gunn is writing. The change raises big questions for fans: what happens to the DCU slate Gunn and Safran built, and what direction will Latcham — a Marvel veteran who learned the franchise business alongside Kevin Feige — take it in? For now, the message from Gunn is clear: the studio-head chapter is over, the filmmaker chapter is back. And with Man of Tomorrow still on track for next summer, DC fans will not have to wait long to see what that looks like.
Source: ScreenRant