Photo: U.S. Embassy in the Philippines / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their posts as co-CEOs and co-chairmen of DC Studios after four years, and former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham will take over as president and chief creative officer on Dec. 1, the studio announced Monday. Gunn and Safran will return full time to creative work and continue to work on DC projects.
Latcham will lead DC’s film, television and animation slate, overseeing the creative pipeline, production, talent and strategy. He will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, the co-chairs of Skydance Motion Picture Group, rather than to the parent company’s CEOs as Gunn and Safran did. Latcham, who joined Marvel Studios in 2004, worked on films including “Iron Man,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “The Avengers,” and has worked with Gunn before.
“Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision,” Gunn and Safran said in a joint statement. “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.” They said they are excited to return to “telling the stories we love,” including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in “Man of Tomorrow.”
Paramount’s David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz thanked the pair for “[launching] a new era for DC Studios and [leading] it through a period of real transformation.” They said they have “complete confidence that James and Peter will ensure a smooth, collaborative transition.”
The change follows the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery combination, after which Gunn and Safran had been expected to stay on. Gunn is writing and directing “Superman: Man of Tomorrow,” which is scheduled for release July 9, 2027, and “The Batman: Part II” is due in 2028.
Why it matters: DC is one of the biggest franchises in entertainment, and its top creative leadership is changing under new ownership. Still unknown: how Latcham will shape DC’s slate, which projects will stay on schedule, and what Gunn and Safran’s new roles will include.
Archival photo: Peter Safran and James Gunn at the “Superman” premiere in Manila in 2025.
JBizNews Desk | Los Angeles, Calif.
© JBizNews.com. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited.
