Business · DC leadershipDC Studios leadership change: Latcham to replace Gunn and Safran on December 1Written November 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Jeremy Lacham will take over DC Studios as James Gunn and Peter Seffran leave0:11management.0:11The change puts DC's film, television, and animation slate under one new creative0:16leader after four years of shared leadership.0:18Gunn and Seffron will keep making DC projects.0:21How much of the screen universe they built will carry forward under their successor?0:24Gunn and Saffron are scheduled to leave their co-CEO and co-chairman jobs on0:28December first.0:29Skydance announced the handover on November9 th.0:31Lacham's new title will be president and chief creative officer.0:35Lachem will control the creative pipeline, production, talent, and strategy across0:39DC's screen business.0:40That puts decisions about interconnected characters and individual productions in0:44the same new executive's hands.0:46Donna Goldberg and Josh Greenstein will be Lachem's bosses.0:49Both co-chair Skydance Motion Picture Group.0:52They've emphasized his production record and promised to put DC's fans at the center0:55of the studio's work.0:56Gunn and Safron had just joined David Ellison's business leadership team in October.1:01That was when Paramount's111 billion dollar acquisition of Warner Bros.1:05Discovery closed.1:06Their replacement the following month reverses expectations that they'd stay in1:10charge.1:10David Zaslov appointed them in two thousand and twenty two to build a coherent DC1:14screen universe that could compete with Marvel.1:16They restored Superman to its center and expanded the franchise across film,1:20television, and animation.1:22Peacemaker and Lanterns extended DC's television presence on HBO Max.1:27Creature Commandos and Clayface opened other parts of the slate.1:30Those projects formed part of Gunn and Safran's effort to unite DC under one1:34creative vision.1:35Gunn said the corporate side of running DC had worn him down.1:38He thanked Seffran for taking the brunt of it.1:40He also said he'd sacrificed breaks and time with loved ones over those four years.1:44Whether they chose to leave or were pushed out is still unclear.1:48Gunn's frustration explains how he felt about the job.1:50It doesn't tell us who decided the timing or terms of his departure.1:53Gunn is still writing and directing Man of Tomorrow, and Safron remains involved.1:58Their joint statement says they're excited to return to storytelling, including the2:02next chapter of Clark and Lex's journey.2:04Gunn also says he's writing another unnamed DC project.2:10Man of Tomorrow has conflicting release years2027 and2028.2:15Summer2027 is the more consistently stated plan.2:18The discrepancy hasn't been resolved, and it doesn't amount to an announced delay.2:23Gun and Saffron also retained producing commitments on the Batman Part II.2:26That film stars Robert Pattinson and is described as a2028 release.2:30The People V Gorilla Grad is planned for2027.2:34Skylar Gizondo returns as Jimmy Olsen with Jimmy Tatro playing Gorilla Grad.2:38These named commitments carry work forward while the executives responsible for the2:41wider slate change.2:43Lachem joined Marvel Studios in2004 .2:46He rose to senior vice president of production and development.2:49Working with Kevin Feige as Marvel established its connected screen universe.2:52He now inherits the rival franchise DC wanted to build.2:55His credits include associate producer on Iron Man and co-producer on Iron Man2.3:00He executive produced The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, Age of3:05Ultron, and Spider, Man Homecoming.3:07Lachem left Marvel in two thousand and seventeen to establish Lachem Pictures.3:11It produced bad times at the El Royale in Dungeons Dragons, Honor Among Thieves, and3:15held first look arrangements with20 Century Fox, Hasbro and Wonder Project.3:20More recently, his Hasbro entertainment deal included development of a Dungeons3:24Dragons sequel and an Action Man film.3:26He's also been producing Lionsgate's Naruto adaptation with director Destin Daniel3:30Cretton.3:30Lachem calls stewardship of DC's characters a responsibility he takes seriously.3:34He says he wants to work with filmmakers, comic, book creators, and artists across3:38film, television, and animation.3:40Gunn and Safran welcomed his perspective and their shared creative history.3:44David Ellison and Noncreys praised Gunn and Safran for launching a new era at DC.3:49They said they expected a smooth collaborative transition.3:51The studio's recent films, meanwhile, delivered very different commercial results.3:55Superman brought in about six hundred and eighteen million dollars worldwide.3:59Supergirl reached about one hundred and twenty six million, and Clayface about one4:02hundred and nine million.4:03Those are approximate ticket sale totals.4:05They show how uneven the slate's commercial performance has been.4:08Supergirl's production budget was put at one hundred and seventy million dollars,4:12higher than its worldwide gross, but ticket sales aren't studio revenue, and4:16production budgets leave out other costs.4:18These figures alone can't tell us a film's profit or loss.4:22Clayface's production budget is disputed.4:24With figures of forty, four million, and forty million dollars.4:27The difference makes a precise financial verdict even less useful.4:30Skydance hasn't clearly tied the leadership decision to those commercial results.4:34The box office figures also need to stay approximate.4:37An undated database listing puts Superman just under six hundred and nineteen4:40million dollars.4:41It can't fix the exact total for announcement day.4:44December first moves responsibility for DC's wider creative direction to Lacham.4:48Gunn and Saffron's continuing film commitments give part of their work a path4:52forward.4:52Lachem hasn't announced a comprehensive plan for what he'll preserve.4:56Change or approve next.5:00That leaves wider continuity decisions and development projects such as Swamp Thing5:04awaiting direction.5:05Gunn and Safran remain attached to Man of Tomorrow and The Batman Part Two as they5:09move back toward filmmaking.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
