Inside James Gunn, Peter Safran’s DC Ouster: Exec Tensions and a Fateful David Ellison Visit - The Hollywood Reporter
James Gunn and Peter Safran have been ousted from their leadership roles at DC Studios by Skydance executives David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz. They are being replaced by producer Jeremy Latcham, who is known for his faith-based and uplifting film projects.
Why it matters
This leadership change signals a major strategic shift for one of Hollywood's largest comic book franchises, potentially altering the tone and direction of future DC films.
Logo text DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran were feeling pretty secure under the new Skydance regime.
After surviving a merger that claimed the jobs of celebrated Warner Bros. heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, the duo were basking in the modest success of Clayface , a horror movie released Oct. 21 that passed $100 million globally on a $44 million budget. There was even talk of doing more spooky, slimmed-down DC movies.
Gunn had also wrapped production on Man of Tomorrow , his sequel to Superman that is heading for a July 2027 release, and sources say he was in the midst of writing a third installment as part of plan to make a trilogy and release a Superman movie every two years, maybe even morphing the franchise into a Justice League team-up.
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