From Business Insider · James Faris · · 1m
Skydance replaces DC Studios leaders Gunn and Safran
James Gunn and Peter Safran step down after four years leading DC Studios. Jeremy Latcham, who helped build the Marvel Cinematic Universe, takes over in December.
In brief
James Gunn and Peter Safran step down after four years leading DC Studios. Jeremy Latcham, who helped build the Marvel Cinematic Universe, takes over in December. Skydance replaced DC Studios leaders James Gunn and Peter Safran with Jeremy Latcham, a Marvel Cinematic Universe co-founder, after four years of mixed…
Gunn and Safran step down from DC
James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their positions as co-leaders of DC Studios after four years, Skydance announced on Monday ahead of its third-quarter earnings report.
Marvel veteran takes the helm
Jeremy Latcham, who helped found the Marvel Cinematic Universe and develop films like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, becomes DC Studios president and creative chief in December.
Gunn returns to filmmaking
Gunn said he was incredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking, adding he dislikes the at-times corporate nature of the job. Their Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow is slated for July.
“I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job.”
What it means
Skydance replaced DC Studios leaders James Gunn and Peter Safran with Jeremy Latcham, a Marvel Cinematic Universe co-founder, after four years of mixed commercial results.
