DC Studios has a new boss. Skydance announced on Monday 9 November 2026 that James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios after four years, with former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham taking over as president and chief creative officer from 1 December 2026.
The move comes barely a month after Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closed on 6 October 2026. Gunn and Safran had been named to Skydance’s new leadership team at the takeover, and Deadline had reported on 2 October that they would stay on — making the reversal a surprise in Hollywood.
Whether Gunn and Safran chose to leave or were pushed out has not been established. Trade coverage flagged the open question during the day, and the framing shifted from “fired” to “stepping down” as the official announcement landed. Gunn posted his own goodbye statement on Threads on 9 November.
The pair will not be leaving the DC universe entirely. They return to full-time creative work and stay involved as producers, including on the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which is in post-production and dated for 9 July 2027, and on The Batman Part II.
Latcham is a familiar face to Gunn. A former Marvel senior vice president of production and development, he worked with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy and was an executive producer on The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Spider-Man: Homecoming. He will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, co-chairs of the Skydance Motion Picture Group.
The shake-up lands at a sensitive moment for DC. Gunn and Safran rebuilt the studio’s film and television slate from 2022, and their departure hands the keys to a Marvel veteran just as the next phase of the DC universe takes shape.
It has been a huge week for the movies, from Godzilla Minus Zero’s record opening to the second Cliff Booth trailer. Now the biggest story in Hollywood is not a film at all — it is who runs DC.
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