From Fortune · Andrew McGowan · · 2m
Skydance ousts Gunn and Safran from DC Studios
Jeremy Latcham, a Marvel veteran, replaces the DC co-heads barely a month after Paramount's takeover closes.
In brief
Jeremy Latcham, a Marvel veteran, replaces the DC co-heads barely a month after Paramount's takeover closes. Skydance removed James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios co-heads on November ninth, replacing them with Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham as president and chief creative officer. Originally reported by Fortune.
Gunn and Safran removed
Skydance has removed James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios after a four-year run. The announcement came on November ninth.
Marvel veteran takes over
Jeremy Latcham, a former Marvel Studios executive who helped launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replaces them. He starts December first as president and chief creative officer.
A month after the takeover
Paramount completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on October sixth and renamed the combined company Skydance. Early reports said Gunn and Safran would keep their jobs.
The news delivered in person
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz visited Gunn and Safran's office on November sixth to deliver the news in person.
Superman hit, Supergirl flopped
Gunn and Safran's Superman opened to six hundred eighteen point seven million dollars worldwide in July two thousand twenty-five.Their second film, Supergirl, cost one hundred seventy million and grossed only one hundred twenty-six million worldwide.
Latcham's Marvel pedigree
Latcham was part of the founding team at Marvel Studios under Kevin Feige. He worked on Iron Man, The Avengers, and Tom Holland's Spider-Man films, and collaborated with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy.
DC's universe problem
The DC Extended Universe began with Zack Snyder's Man of Steel in two thousand thirteen and ended with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in two thousand twenty-three. A decade of uneven results fractured the franchise.
What comes next unclear
Man of Tomorrow remains on the calendar for July two thousand twenty-seven.It is not yet clear whether Corenswet's Superman continues after that, whether Lanterns gets a second season, or whether Latcham starts over from scratch.
Here's the gist
Skydance removed James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios co-heads on November ninth, replacing them with Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham as president and chief creative officer.
