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Jeremy Latcham will lead DC Studios as Gunn and Safran step away
Skydance named Jeremy Latcham president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, starting December 1, 2026. James Gunn and Peter Safran will leave their leadership roles and return full time to creative work, including Man of Tomorrow.
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Skydance Motion Picture Group said on November 9, 2026, that Jeremy Latcham has been appointed president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, beginning December 1, 2026. In the same announcement, James Gunn and Peter Safran will step away from their leadership roles and return full time to their creative work.
What Skydance announced
The studio's press release is the source of the job titles and the start date. Latcham will lead DC's film, television, and animation slate, "overseeing the creative pipeline, along with production, talent and strategy," and will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, co-chairs of Skydance Motion Picture Group.
Gunn and Safran, the release says, will "step away from their leadership roles after four years" and "return full time to their creative work." That is Skydance's wording. Some outlets described the change as a broader shake-up after Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. This article is not adopting "fired" or similar language that the company itself did not use.
David Ellison, Skydance's chairman and CEO, and Ynon Kreiz, co-CEO, said in the release that Gunn and Safran "launched a new era for DC Studios and led it through a period of real transformation." They also said Latcham "has been a longtime creative partner to both."
What Gunn and Safran will still make
Gunn and Safran said they are "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."
According to the same release, Man of Tomorrow is written and directed by James Gunn, produced by Gunn and Peter Safran, and is in post-production for a theatrical release on July 9, 2027. The Batman Part II, starring Robert Pattinson, "is currently in production," with Steven Soderbergh "finishing principal photography" and Gunn and Safran producing.
On television, the release says Gunn and Safran will remain executive producers on The People v. Gorilla Grodd, an eight-episode series expected in 2027.
The studio credited Superman and Clayface to their tenure, with global box-office figures in the release of more than $618 million and more than $109 million, respectively. Those are Skydance's stated totals.
Who Latcham is
Skydance describes Latcham as a member of the founding team of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who later became senior vice president of production and development at Marvel Studios. The release lists associate producer credit on Iron Man, co-producer on Iron Man 2, and executive producer credits on The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Spider-Man: Homecoming. He left Marvel in 2017.
The takeaway
The leadership change has a date: Latcham starts as president and chief creative officer of DC Studios on December 1, 2026. Gunn and Safran are leaving those executive posts and, in Skydance's account, staying attached as filmmakers and producers, including on Man of Tomorrow in July 2027 and The Batman Part II.
Cover image: The interior of a comic book store in Pasadena, California, photographed by Chester. Licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo is a bookstore interior, not a DC Studios or Skydance official image.
Key facts
- Start date
- December 1, 2026
- New role
- President and chief creative officer, DC Studios
- Man of Tomorrow
- July 9, 2027, written and directed by James Gunn
- The Batman Part II
- In production; Steven Soderbergh finishing principal photography