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Skydance, which recently acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, dropped a bombshell by removing DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn (pictured below, right) and Peter Safran (pictured below, left). The company has tapped former Marvel Studios senior vice president of production and development Jeremy Latcham to take over the studio’s leadership.
Many fans initially assumed the news meant Gunn and Safran were leaving DC altogether. In reality, they are only stepping away from their executive roles and will remain involved with select DC projects as producers, writers and directors. The DC Universe is not being rebooted, either.
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Gunn later released a lengthy statement outlining his future involvement with DC and offering a broad update on where the universe is headed next. “That’s not to say Peter and I are immediately done with DC or superheroes. We have ‘Man of Tomorrow’ out next summer. And we’ve just been engaged on another DC project which I’m writing, and we’ll see where it goes after that. And, of course, the characters and worlds we set up will live on.”
Gunn also acknowledged that serving as CEO had stretched him thin. Beyond shaping the studio’s creative direction, the role required him to handle corporate responsibilities and oversee certain DC projects he was less passionate about. His ADHD hyperfocus made it even harder to divide his attention, leaving him with little time to recharge or spend with his wife. As a result, Gunn said he feels relieved to step away from the executive position and return his focus to filmmaking.