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James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their jobs as DC Studios co-CEOs, with former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham set to take over as president and chief creative officer, Deadline reports. The change is scheduled for December 1, 2026, ending the pair’s approximately four years at the head of the studio.
The reported handover would put Latcham in charge of DC’s film, television and animation slate, while Gunn and Safran continue to work on individual productions. Their upcoming projects include Man of Tomorrow, the Superman sequel in post-production and planned for release in 2027.
Latcham previously worked with Gunn on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. His new role would reunite them professionally, but with a different division of responsibility: Latcham overseeing the studio’s output and Gunn continuing as a filmmaker and producer.
Skydance executives David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz praised the departing leaders in a joint statement, saying Gunn and Safran had built a slate of which the company was proud.
What the change means for DC’s upcoming projects
Leaving a studio leadership post is not the same as leaving its productions. Gunn and Safran are expected to continue producing DC projects, so the reported management change does not bring an end to their involvement in the films already under way.
The most immediate example is Man of Tomorrow. Gunn is writing and directing the sequel to his Superman, with David Corenswet playing Superman and Nicholas Hoult playing Lex Luthor. Its post-production status puts it beyond initial development as the leadership handover approaches.
Gunn and Safran also remain producers on The Batman: Part II. Those two projects show how their work can continue on more than one film even after responsibility for the studio’s broader slate passes to another executive.
There are other productions in the pipeline. HBO series The People V. Gorilla Grodd is in production, with Skyler Gisondo reprising his role as Jimmy Olsen. Whether Latcham will retain Gunn and Safran’s planned DC continuity and future slate remains unconfirmed.
The handover follows a period in which the outgoing leaders’ releases ranged across film and television. Their tenure included the theatrical titles Superman, Supergirl and Clayface, alongside live-action shows The Penguin, the second season of Peacemaker and Lanterns.
Those films also demonstrate the range of commercial results behind the incoming executive’s brief. Empire reports that Superman earned more than $618 million at the box office, compared with $126 million for Supergirl and $109 million for the smaller-budget Clayface at the time of its report. The figures are a snapshot rather than a like-for-like measure: the films differ in scale and had reached different points in their releases.
Why Latcham’s Marvel background matters
Latcham previously served as Marvel’s senior vice president of production and development, working on franchises including Iron Man, The Avengers, Spider-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy. That experience spans several major superhero properties rather than a single series.
His reported DC remit is similarly broad. Beyond films, it covers television and animation, as well as the studio’s creative pipeline, production, talent and strategy. He is set to report to Skydance Motion Picture Group co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.
For viewers, the distinction is between the projects already moving through production and the longer-term decisions attached to the studio job. Man of Tomorrow has a planned 2027 release; the shape of DC’s subsequent slate will fall within Latcham’s responsibilities. His earlier work with Gunn provides an existing connection, but it does not itself determine what choices he will make in the new post.
