James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios, effective Dec. 1. Skydance, which now owns the division after its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, has named former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham president and chief creative officer of DC Studios.
The move comes four years after Gunn and Safran took over the newly formed studio in November 2022. Under their leadership, DC Studios released three films (Superman, Supergirl and Clayface) and three live-action series (The Penguin, Peacemaker season 2 and Lanterns), along with the animated Creature Commandos.
Latcham will run DC’s film, television and animation slate, overseeing the creative pipeline as well as production, talent and strategy. He will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, co-chairs of the Skydance Motion Picture Group. Gunn and Safran reported directly to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav before the merger.
Gunn and Safran Stay On as Producers
The exit does not take the duo off DC projects. Gunn’s Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow, is in post-production ahead of a planned 2027 release, and the TV spinoff The People v. Gorilla Grodd is also in post. Gunn and Safran remain producers on The Batman: Part II.
In a joint statement, Gunn and Safran said they set out to unite DC under one creative vision and credited the actors, crews and executives they worked with. They also pointed to their history with their successor. “We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter,” they said. The pair added that they are looking forward to getting back to telling stories, starting with the next chapter of Clark and Lex in Man of Tomorrow.
Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz thanked the two in a joint statement, crediting them with resetting the foundation of DC Studios and building its current slate.
Who Is Jeremy Latcham
Latcham was one of the earliest employees at Marvel Studios, joining as an assistant in 2004. Over 13 years there, he rose to senior vice president of production and development and worked under Kevin Feige on Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Guardians of the Galaxy is where he first worked with Gunn.
He left Marvel in 2017 to launch his own company, Latcham Pictures, which produced Bad Times at El Royale and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
“I’m excited and honored for the opportunity to now lead DC Studios into its next era,” Latcham said in a statement, calling the job of bringing DC’s characters to the screen a massive responsibility.
Questions Hanging Over the DCU
It is not yet clear whether Gunn and Safran chose to leave or were pushed out. Before the merger closed, Ellison visited the set of Man of Tomorrow, and the pair recently walked him through their long-term plans. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that Ellison told them to keep doing what they were doing. In early October, after Skydance named Goldberg and Greenstein to run its film division, Gunn and Safran were set to remain in charge of DC Studios.
Their departure leaves the future of the decade-long DCU plan they announced in early 2023 uncertain. Superman launched the new universe successfully in 2025, Supergirl underperformed at the box office, and Clayface has earned strong reviews and turned a profit. Skydance has not said whether Latcham will keep the existing slate intact or change course.
Sources: TheWrap | Variety | Throb Magazine | Northeast Times
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