Key facts
- James Gunn and Peter Safran co-led DC Studios for four years before leaving, Skydance said.
- Jeremy Latcham, who helped found the Marvel Cinematic Universe, becomes DC Studios president and creative chief in December.
- Latcham helped develop "The Avengers," "Iron Man" and "Guardians of the Galaxy," per Skydance.
- Gunn and Safran will return to creative work, and their Superman sequel "Man of Tomorrow" is slated for next summer.
- Gunn said he was "incredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking" in an Instagram post.
- Skydance's late October leadership email did not include a DC Studios org chart.
Skydance announced on November 9, 2026, that James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their positions as co-leaders of DC Studios after four years. The announcement came ahead of Skydance's third-quarter earnings report.
Jeremy Latcham, who helped found the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will become DC Studios' president and creative chief starting in December, Skydance said. Latcham helped develop films including "The Avengers," "Iron Man" and "Guardians of the Galaxy."
Warner Bros. hired Gunn and Safran in October 2022 to reboot DC's franchises, which the report said had for years struggled to match the commercial success of Disney-owned Marvel. Skydance said the two producers will return to creative work. Their Superman sequel "Man of Tomorrow" is slated to come out next summer, and Gunn confirmed on November 9 that they are working on another DC project.
Gunn said in an Instagram post on November 9 that he was "incredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking." He also said, "I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job."
Skydance unveiled its leadership teams to staffers in a late October email, weeks after Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merged, according to the report. That companywide message did not include a DC Studios org chart.