James Gunn and Peter Safran step down: What's next for DCU, future in danger again?

For the time in four years DC Studios is going through a huge leadership change. 33 Days after Paramount Skydance took over Warner Bros., the studio fired co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. They are being replaced by Jeremy Latcham, an executive from Marvel. Even though Skydance CEO David Ellison had said Gunn and Safran were safe they were caught off guard. They found out about the decision than 24 hours before it was made public. Meanwhile Jeremy Latcham had been quietly negotiating his contract for three weeks under a non-disclosure agreement. He will officially become President and Chief Creative Officer of DC Studios on December 1 2026.

During their four years at the reign, Gunn and Safran began the "Gods and Monsters" era of the DCU. They brought a mix of big-budget films like Superman, Supergirl and recently released Clayface and also shows like Lanterns and Peacemaker 2nd season which were highly appreciated  & also an animated show Creature Commandos. While Superman and Clayface did decent in box office but Supergirl got completely bombed.

Now Skydance has announced Jeremy Latcham as the new head of DCU but Who is Jeremy Latcham? Jeremy Latcham is best known for being one of Kevin Feige’s advisors during the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He joined Marvel in 2004. Eventually became Senior Vice President of Production and Development. He served as a producer on major hits like The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Spider-Man: Homecoming. After leaving Marvel in 2017 he started his production company, Latcham Pictures. There he produced both hits and cult favorites like Bad Times at the El Royale and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Interestingly Latcham has also invested a lot in faith-based films. In 2025 he launched a fellowship with Wonder Project, a studio that makes family-friendly and explicitly Christian content. One of their projects is The Breadwinner.

Even though Gunn and Safran are no longer running DC Studios they are staying on for a key projects in the near future for projects like Man of Tomorrow which is still directed by James Gunn and is following its original path and is expected come out on July 2027. Television Carryovers like The People v. Gorilla Grodd and Creature Commandos Season 2 are still being produced but maybe get cancelled

After 2027 the future of the DCU is unclear. Skydance is said to want billion-dollar blockbusters, not niche character-driven stories. Projects in development like The Brave and the Bold, the new Batman movie, Swamp Thing, Teen Titans and a new Wonder Woman could be reworked or canceled if they don’t match Latcham’s new vision. Fans and industry experts are now watching closely to see if Latcham will start over with a reboot move toward more traditional family-friendly blockbusters or try to keep the foundation that Gunn and Safran just built.