James Gunn and Peter Safran Leaving as DC Studios’ Co-CEOS
Director James Gunn Shares His Honest Reaction to Trisha Paytas Naming Her Baby Aquaman
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s yet another shakeup at DC Studios!
Four years after James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as the new heads of DC Studios—overseeing the line up of DC films, TV and animation—the dynamic duo announced they are stepping down at the end of November following the purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery by Skydance. They will be replaced by former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham.
“Oh, boy. What a four years,” Gunn posted to Instagram Nov. 9. “Thanks to all of you who have supported me and Peter in our time as the heads of DC Studios.”
The Superman director shared it was “a dream come true” to oversee DC’s super-powered slate of characters like Superman, Batman and Supergirl, saying it was truly a “unique opportunity” he couldn’t say no to.
Of course, with the “highest of the highs”—like directing the upcoming Man of Tomorrow and working alongside Safran—the 60-year-old also revealed that only those closest to him know that the past four years have also “been trying, to say the least.”
