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By Mike Redmond | News | November 9, 2026
As the ink dried on the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, now known as Skydance, fans were assured that James Gunn and Peter Safran would remain the heads of DC Studios. Gunn was literally just talking about the plans for Batman barely over a week ago.
Welp, if you can't tell by the headline, there has been some news.
In what Variety is calling an "executive shuffle," Gunn and Safran are stepping down as DC Studios co-CEOS, with the reins being handed to former MCU architect Jeremy Latcham.
"Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore 'Superman' to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with 'Peacemaker,' 'Creature Commandos,' 'Lanterns' and 'Clayface,'" Gunn and Safran said. "We're immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with. 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. We're excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex's journey in Man of Tomorrow."
Whether this means Gunn is completely done with DC Studios remains to be seen. He's already teased that he's working on a new movie, so this could be a situation where he's done playing studio exec and back to focusing on filmmaking. I'm gonna be real, studio head was an odd hat for Gunn especially when he clearly wanted to keep making the films and shows.
Latcham taking over DC Studios is encouraging news as he was deeply involved with Marvel when the studio was firing on all cylinders and was out the door before the worm turned:
Latcham joined Marvel Studios in 2004 and rose to senior VP of production and development, working closely with president and CCO Kevin Feige to launch the MCU. Latcham was associate producer on "Iron Man," a co-producer on "Iron Man 2," and executive producer on "The Avengers," "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Spider-Man: Homecoming."Latcham left Marvel in 2017 to found Latcham Pictures, which held first-look deals at 20th Century Fox, Hasbro, and Wonder Project. He produced "Bad Times at the El Royale" and "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
More notably, Latcham has a strong working relationship with Gunn and Safran, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes. Now to go live in a cave as the Snyderverse cultists have a freaking field day with this development.
UPDATE: Sounds like Gunn hated the exec part of the job a whole lot, and in an on-brand move, has now said as much. He's still writing a new project for DC Studios, so that answers that.
