DC Studios Is Getting A Marvel Veteran To Replace James Gunn And Peter Safran

DC Studios co-presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran have officially announced they'll step down, and Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham will replace them. Gunn and Safran architected the new DC Universe of films and TV series, and they also had ambitious plans to expand the DCU into video games. Latcham is no stranger to superhero cinema, with credits on several of Marvel's biggest projects, including Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers.

"Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore Superman to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Lanterns and Clayface," Gunn and Safran wrote in a statement (via Variety). "We're immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with. We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter. We’re excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow."

Following the relaunch of the DC Universe in film, Gunn later spoke about the potential of cross-platform storytelling, saying actors would portray their characters across all forms of media—including video games. "We have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about–and in early stages of planning--some bigger things," Gunn said in 2025. "One thing in particular I’m excited about, but it does take time."

We never got to hear David Corenswet reprise his role as Superman in a video game, and since then, big changes have happened behind the scenes. Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was approved earlier this year, leading to a merger between Warner Bros. Interactive (the WB division that publishes video games based on the company's IP) and Paramount Games Studio.

While the ambitious plans for the video game side of DC Studios never materialized, Gunn and Safran were still busy building a new DC Universe for the big and small screen. Three feature films were released--Superman, Supergirl, and Clayface--while the TV side saw multiple animated and live-action projects like Lanterns, Creature Commandos, and Peacemaker. Next year's big project is the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which Gunn wrote and co-directed, and The People v. Gorilla Grodd is an upcoming series that will see Skyler Gisondo back as Jimmy Olsen.

On the video game side, Rocksteady is rumored to be working on a new single-player Batman game.