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Skydance replaces DC Studios leaders James Gunn and Peter Safran

Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham starts as president and chief creative officer on Dec. 1, and Gunn says he is relieved to return to filmmaking.

15 news outlets reported this · Little coverage from liberal outlets
Liberal3 outletsStudio handover under Skydance, with executives' own statementsCenter5 outletsWho replaces them, what they achieved, what remainsConservative7 outletsBox-office failures and Gunn's own farewell words
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Overview

Skydance announced on Monday, Nov. 9, that James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as heads of DC Studios after four years. Skydance now owns DC's parent company following its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Jeremy Latcham, a Marvel Studios veteran, becomes DC Studios' president and chief creative officer on Dec. 1. He will answer to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, who co-chair Skydance Motion Picture Group. Warner Bros. hired Gunn and Safran in 2022 to reboot DC's franchises.

Their releases include "Superman" in 2025 and "Supergirl" in June, which earned about $126 million worldwide. Skydance says the two will return to creative work. That includes the Superman sequel "Man of Tomorrow," and Gunn said they are working on another DC project.

In an Instagram post, Gunn said he dislikes the "at-times corporate nature of the job" and is "incredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking." Skydance chairman David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz said the pair led DC through "a period of real transformation."

Key figures
  • $618 millionworldwide gross of "Superman"Yahoo News
  • $126.4 millionworldwide gross of "Supergirl"Yahoo News
  • $109 million"Clayface" gross through its first three weekendsYahoo News

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Liberal3 outlets

Studio handover under Skydance, with executives' own statements

Business Insider calls it a "pre-earnings leadership shake-up" and notes Skydance announced it ahead of its third-quarter . It lists "Superman" in July 2025 as a commercial success and "Supergirl" in June as a major miss, and quotes Gunn's Instagram line about disliking "the at-times corporate nature of the job." Yahoo News declares that the Gunn-Safran era "is over" and gives most of its space to statements: Gunn and Safran's pride in their work and blessing for Latcham, Latcham's own words, and Ellison and Kreiz praising a "real transformation."

It adds figures of $618 million for "Superman," $126.4 million for "Supergirl" and $109 million for "Clayface" after three weekends. The New York Times reports that Gunn and Safran are out as heads of DC Studios, and says Skydance, the new owner of the studio's parent company, announced they will step away after four years.

Center5 outlets

Who replaces them, what they achieved, what remains

UPI leads with Gunn and Safran "stepping down as co-CEOs" and says Latcham, who held a senior vice president post at Marvel Studios until 2017, replaces them. It calls "Supergirl" a "box office bomb," with $126 million worldwide on a $170 million budget, and says the pair remain producers on "The Batman: Part II," due in 2028. Deutsche Welle uses a question-and-answer format: who replaces them, what they achieved, and whether Gunn's "Superman" was too "woke" for conservatives.

It says conservative commentators called the film that, notes Ellison's close ties with President Trump, adds that Ellison has denied politicizing the company, and states there is "no evidence" the controversy played a role. Forbes frames its piece around what Gunn's exit means for DC's movies and TV shows. The Journal's headline says Skydance shakes up the studio's leadership, with the pair stepping down after four years.

Conservative7 outlets

Box-office failures and Gunn's own farewell words

Townhall's headline ties the exit to a "Supergirl Disaster," citing a $126 million gross on a budget of about $175 million, a 52 percent Rotten Tomatoes critic score and star Milly Alcock's Variety interview mentioning "Dad of four, Christian" accounts. It says it is unclear whether Gunn and Safran were forced out or left voluntarily. Breitbart's Nolte says they "have been fired," calls the move "no surprise" and argues "Supergirl" was "an outright catastrophe."

The Post Millennial says the two are stepping down but are not finished with DC as producers, noting work on "Man of Tomorrow" and "The Batman: Part II." Daily Caller calls it a "major shakeup" and reproduces Gunn's Instagram post at length, including "Oh, boy. What a four years" and his thanks to Safran, alongside the Ellison and Kreiz statement.

What a side did not mention
  • Liberal outlets did not mentionGunn and Safran remain involved in "The Batman: Part II" Reported by UPI, The Post Millennial
Where outlets disagree
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