James Gunn and Peter Safran Step Down From DC Studios
James Gunn and Peter Safran Step Down From DC Studios
James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their jobs running DC Studios, the division that makes DC comic-book films and television. Deadline reported the move on 9 November 2026. Jeremy Latcham takes over as president and chief creative officer on 1 December.
Gunn and Safran were named to lead DC's film, television and animation work in October 2022, when the division sat inside Warner Bros. Discovery. Reuters reported their appointment at the time. They have held the top jobs for four years. Early in 2024 they announced a long-range DC plan called "Gods and Monsters."
Neither is leaving the business. Deadline reports that both will keep producing on various DC projects and return to full-time creative work. They are also still closely tied to the current slate. Their Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow, is in post-production, the final stage after filming when editing, visual effects and sound are completed.
Gunn's Superman reboot has grossed $618.7 million worldwide, according to Deadline. The studio's other recent film, Supergirl, directed by Craig Gillespie, carried a net cost of $186 million and took in $126.4 million worldwide. Net cost is the figure left after certain financial offsets are counted, and it is often lower than the sticker price of a film.
Latcham comes to the job with a long Marvel background. He was a senior vice president of production and development at Marvel Studios, and he worked with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy. In his new role he will lead DC's film, television and animation slate. He will oversee the creative pipeline, along with production, talent and strategy.
He will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, the co-chairs of Skydance Motion Picture Group. That reporting line is the clearest sign so far of who will sign off on DC decisions once Gunn and Safran are gone.
For fans, the practical change is the calendar. Projects already in production, such as Man of Tomorrow, have their next steps set. Projects still in early development will now be shaped by a new creative chief, who starts in less than a month. Anything beyond that will depend on decisions that have not been announced.
Gunn and Safran's arrival in 2022 was also a leadership change, and the pair ran the division for four years. Latcham's start date is now the next fixed point on the DC timeline.
