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Who decides what Superman does next (5 min), with captions The story Skydance announced on Monday, November 9, that Jeremy Latcham will take over as presid...

Who decides what Superman does next (5 min), with captions The story Skydance announced on Monday, November 9, that Jeremy Latcham will take over as president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, the Warner Bros. division that decides which Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman films and series get made. Latcham starts on December 1, replacing director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, who have run the studio since November 1, 2022. The announcement came 34 days after Skydance closed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. The change matters because DC Studios controls the film and television slate built around Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Skydance bought the whole of Warner Bros. Discovery for 110 billion dollars, a deal that closed on October 6 and handed the buyer those characters. The new head of DC Studios reports to the co-chairs of the Skydance Motion Picture Group rather than to the chief executive. Gunn and Safran were named to run DC Studios on October 25, 2022 and started that November 1. Gunn wrote and directed Superman, which opened in July 2025, while Safran's producer credits include the Conjuring films and Aquaman. Neither is leaving the films. In a statement, David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz said the pair launched a new era for DC Studios and led it through a period of real transformation, and no disagreement was mentioned. Gunn posted separately that the four years had been trying and pointed at the corporate nature of the job. Latcham joined Marvel Studios in 2004, before the first Iron Man, and rose to senior vice president of production and development. He was associate producer on Iron Man and executive produced The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. At DC he will lead the film, television and animation slate. The announced slate stands despite recent box office results. Superman took 618.7 million dollars worldwide against a 225 million dollar budget, while Supergirl took 126.5 million against a 170 million dollar budget, finishing below what the film cost to make; neither figure counts marketing, which studios do not publish. Man of Tomorrow, written and directed by Gunn, is dated July 9, 2027, The Batman Part Two is in production with Gunn and Safran producing, and The People versus Gorilla Grodd is announced for 2027. Lanterns, Peacemaker and Creature Commandos are running on television. Highlights Highlight In pictures Listen The episode as audio