DC Studios officially has a new leader, as Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham will take over the comic book movie heavyweight for James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Gunn, the filmmaker behind the Guardians of the Galaxy
movies, The Suicide Squad and the recent Superman reboot, and his producing partner Safran took over DC Studios in 2022, but parent company Warner Bros. Discovery's recent merger with Skydance put their futures in question.Now, the future of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Joker, Aquaman, The Flash and all other DC characters will be under the watch of Latcham. Who is he?
Well, he's a former Marvel Studios executive who worked on films like Guardians of the Galaxy, the first two Iron Man movies, the first two Avengers films and Spider-Man:
Homecoming before producing films like Bad Times at the El Royale, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and The Breadwinner. He is also producing the upcoming Naruto film.
Now, he'll take over one of the biggest stables of intellectual properties in Hollywood.
Will Gunn and Safran stay at DC to work on projects?
That is not yet known past the projects they're already working on, like Man of Tomorrow, Gunn's Superman sequel, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Will DC stick with the DCU storyline?
We're not sure, particularly with the out-of-DCU Batman sequel coming in 2028.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Who is Jeremy Latcham? Meet the new head of DC Studios
