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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Nov 10

Skydance Ousts Gunn and Safran at DC, Installing Jeremy Latcham After $618 Million Superman Miss

Updated

Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Nov 10

Skydance Ousts Gunn and Safran at DC, Installing Jeremy Latcham After $618 Million Superman Miss

Q: With Gunn escaping corporate demands, which highly anticipated DC superhero projects will he personally direct next?

The only DC project James Gunn is definitively set to personally direct next is **“Superman: Man of Tomorrow,”** the 2027 follow-up to **“Superman.”** Multiple reports in the supplemental material say Gunn wrote and directed the film and is continuing to oversee it through post-production even after stepping down from DC Studios leadership. Beyond that, there is strong indication Gunn is **writing another DC project**, but no reliable reporting in the material confirms that he will direct it. Some fan and trade speculation has linked him to **“The Brave and the Bold,”** the planned DCU Batman film, especially amid uncertainty over Andy Muschietti’s status, but that remains unconfirmed. Other major DC titles mentioned in development — including **“The Batman: Part II,” “Swamp Thing,”** and the **new Wonder Woman film** — are tied to other filmmakers or writers, not Gunn as director. **“The Batman: Part II”** remains associated with Matt Reeves, **“Swamp Thing”** with James Mangold, and **Wonder Woman** is being written by Ana Nogueira. So, based on the available reporting, Gunn’s clearly identified next directing job is **“Superman: Man of Tomorrow.”** Anything beyond that has not been officially named.

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$618 million worldwide for Superman still failed to satisfy Skydance, which pushed out DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran and elevated former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham.
Reporting lines drove the rupture: Gunn and Safran expected to keep direct access to top leadership, while Skydance film heads Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg wanted DC folded under their movie division.
Skydance also viewed DC's recent business unevenly, with Clayface topping $100 million on a $44 million budget but Supergirl described internally as a disaster and Superman seen as lacking broader cultural impact.
Latcham, who once backed Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy, is expected to report to Greenstein and Goldberg and bring a more mainstream, hands-on approach aligned with David Ellison's tastes.
The shake-up leaves DC's 2022 slate in doubt beyond Man of Tomorrow and The Batman Part II, reviving concerns about another strategic reset for the franchise.