Skydance has named former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, effective December 1, 2026. The company announced the change on Monday, November 9, saying James Gunn and Peter Safran will leave their leadership posts after four years and return to creative work. Latcham will oversee DC films, television and animation.
The change comes weeks after Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing DC into a larger entertainment group. Gunn and Safran had led the studio since 2022, with a mandate to build a connected screen universe around characters including Superman and Batman. Skydance did not give a specific reason for changing the leadership.
According to Skydance, Latcham will direct the creative pipeline as well as production, talent and strategy. He will report to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, the co-chairs of Skydance Motion Picture Group. Latcham joined Marvel in 2004 and worked on films including Iron Man, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy before leaving in 2017 to establish his own company.
The outgoing leaders remain involved in films already under way. Skydance says Gunn wrote and directed Man of Tomorrow, which he and Safran are producing; the film is in post-production and is scheduled for July 9, 2027. They are also producing The Batman Part II, which the company says is in production. Their continued involvement means the leadership handover does not immediately end their work with DC characters.
Skydance credited Gunn and Safran with overseeing Superman, which it says earned more than $618 million worldwide, and Clayface, which it says has passed $109 million. The Associated Press reported that the pair had remained in place through the acquisition before Monday's announcement. The appointment places a veteran of Marvel's early cinematic expansion in charge of a rival superhero slate.
Skydance says Latcham will begin on December 1 and lead projects across film, television and animation. The company has described the transition as a return to creative work for Gunn and Safran. Its next releases will provide the first visible measure of how the new management handles projects developed under their leadership.
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