James Gunn and Peter Safran are out as DC Studios bosses after four years
The pair step down as co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios, now owned by Paramount Skydance. Former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham takes over on 1 December, while Gunn and Safran stay on as producers and finish Man of Tomorrow, due in July 2027.
James Gunn and Peter Safran are no longer running DC Studios. The duo hired four years ago to rebuild DC’s film universe from scratch are stepping down as co-chairs and co-CEOs, Variety reported on Monday, handing the studio to Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham.
It is the most visible fallout so far from Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros., the deal that put David Ellison’s group in charge of DC. Latcham starts on 1 December and reports to the studio’s new film chiefs, Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.
Who is Jeremy Latcham, the new head of DC Studios?
A rival-camp insider. He was at Marvel Studios in the early years of its shared universe, working on Iron Man and The Avengers, and he worked with Gunn himself on Guardians of the Galaxy. He will oversee DC’s entire creative slate, plus production, talent and strategy.
What happens to Man of Tomorrow, the Superman sequel?
It stays with Gunn. The film is in post-production and dated for July 2027. Gunn and Safran remain attached to the studio as producers, and Gunn says he is writing another DC project.
In a message on Instagram, Gunn said the corporate side of the job had been trying and had eaten into his time with his family and his writing. He called himself relieved, and excited, to be getting back to pure filmmaking.
Four years of the DCU
Gunn and Safran arrived in late 2022, as the previous DC universe was winding down after lukewarm reviews and soft box office. Rather than patch it up, they started over. Superman, which Gunn wrote and directed, launched the new slate in summer 2025, followed by the series Creature Commandos, Peacemaker and Lanterns.
The second film did not help. Supergirl took off at half power in June, and some of the Hollywood trade press reads this week’s shake-up as the bill for that opening. Still in development are The Batman Part II and the series The People v. Gorilla Grodd, whose future under the new management is unclear.
By Lucy Bennett
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