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DC Studios Shocker: James Gunn, Peter Safran Stepping Down with Marvel Alum Jeremy Latcham to Take Over

James Gunn and Peter Safran are out at DC Studios after four years, replaced by Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham in a Skydance-led reset that signals a shift from filmmaker-driven vision to institutional franchise management.

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  • Intelligence Anchor: DC Studios Shocker: James Gunn, Peter Safran Stepping Down with Marvel Alum Jeremy Latcham to Take Over
  • Core Takeaway: James Gunn and Peter Safran are out at DC Studios after four years, replaced by Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham in a Skydance-led reset that signals a shift from filmmaker-driven vision to institutional franchise management.
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Are Gunn and Safran completely done with DC?

No. Gunn is writing and directing 'Superman: Man of Tomorrow' (2027) and the TV spinoff 'The People v. Gorilla Grodd,' both in post-production. Both remain producers on 'The Batman: Part II' (2028).

Why was Jeremy Latcham chosen?

He is a Marvel Studios veteran (2004–senior VP) with credits on 'Iron Man,' 'The Avengers,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' and 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' and he worked directly with Gunn on the first 'Guardians.' Skydance wants a proven franchise operator who reports into its motion-picture group co-chairs.

Did 'Supergirl' flopping cause this?

It was a major factor — $126 million global on a $170 million budget — but the Paramount-Skydance-WBD merger closed in October 2026, giving new ownership the opening to install its own executive structure. The corporate friction Gunn described also played a role.

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🇬🇧 English Nov 9, 17:45 UTC
🇧🇷 Portuguese Nov 9, 17:19 UTC · Omelete
🇩🇪 German Nov 9, 18:00 UTC · Filmstarts

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Where it stands

The announcement landed Monday with the force of a studio coup: James Gunn and Peter Safran will step down as co-CEOs of DC Studios on December 1, four years after David Zaslav tapped them to build a unified cinematic universe to rival Marvel. Their tenure produced three films — last summer’s “Superman” ($618 million global), July’s “Supergirl” ($126 million on a $170 million budget), and this fall’s R-rated “Clayface” ($109 million on $44 million) — plus the HBO Max series “Peacemaker” season two, “Lanterns,” and “The Penguin.” On paper, the slate was expanding.

Skydance chairman David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz framed the move as a planned transition, praising Gunn and Safran for “resetting the foundation.” But Gunn’s own Instagram post told a different story: “What only the closest people to me have known over the past four years is my time at DC Studios has been trying, to say the least. I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job.” He credited Safran with absorbing the brunt of that friction. The duo will remain producers on “The Batman: Part II” (2028) and Gunn stays on as writer-director of “Superman: Man of Tomorrow” (summer 2027) and the TV spinoff “The People v. Gorilla Grodd,” but their executive authority ends December 1.

Their replacement, Jeremy Latcham, is a Marvel Studios lifer who joined in 2004 and rose to senior VP of production and development under Kevin Feige. His credits read like the MCU’s Phase One and Two highlight reel: “Iron Man,” “The Avengers,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” He worked directly with Gunn on the first “Guardians,” and Ellison emphasized that Latcham will report to Skydance Motion Picture Group co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein — not to the studio CEO, as Gunn and Safran did under both Zaslav and Ellison.

Latcham inherits a slate that is half-built and half-promised. “Man of Tomorrow” is in post-production. “The Batman: Part II” is dated for 2028. Gorilla Grodd” wraps a TV season anchored by Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo) and a motion-capture Gorilla Grodd (Jimmy Tatro). Beyond that, the “decade’s worth of plans” Gunn referenced exists mostly as outlines.

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