James Gunn and Peter Safran were told on Nov. 6, 2026 that they were out at DC Studios, and Kara Zor-El now sits inside a leadership reset that hits one of the studio’s highest-profile comic book operations. The decision landed after Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz visited their offices on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
Gunn had spent four years running DC’s film and TV pipeline, with Man of Tomorrow already wrapped and headed for a July 2027 release. He was also in the middle of writing a third installment in a Superman plan that called for a new movie every two years.
Ellison and Kreiz in Burbank
The Nov. 6 visit is the pivot point. Ellison and Kreiz were at Gunn and Safran’s offices in Burbank, and the message that followed ended a run that had already survived a merger that cost Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy their jobs.
That earlier survival had made Gunn and Safran look insulated under the new order. Instead, the same regime that left them in place long enough to keep Man of Tomorrow moving then reversed course and removed them from DC Studios.
Jeremy Latcham takes over
Jeremy Latcham was named as the replacement, bringing a different operating style into DC Studios. He had been a key part of Marvel Studios before moving to Texas to work independently, and his recent slate leaned toward inspirational work, including Flyer for Wonder Project and House of David.
Latcham described that shift plainly on the Bible Bros podcast while promoting The Breadwinner: “I had this nagging feeling that I needed to do more movies that had deeper meaning to me,” he said. He added, “Let’s be the HBO for the faith and family audience. Let’s try to make movies and television shows that restore faith in things worth believing in.”
What Man of Tomorrow leaves behind
Man of Tomorrow still points to the scale of the handoff. The film is Gunn’s sequel to Superman, and the trilogy plan around it was built to keep the franchise on a two-year cadence before it could possibly widen into a Justice League team-up.
Clayface passing $100 million globally on a $44 million budget after its Oct. 21 release shows DC still has product moving while the top office changes hands. But the practical effect of this reset is simple: the next version of DC’s long-term movie strategy now belongs to Latcham, not the pair that had been steering it since the merger.
