Jeremy Latcham at DC Studios: What Changes for Superman?

Jeremy Latcham, incoming president and chief creative officer of DC Studios. Publicity portrait via Apple TV.

Who gets the final say on Superman when the man directing his next movie hands the studio keys to somebody else? On December 1, Jeremy Latcham takes charge of DC Studios while James Gunn keeps working on Man of Tomorrow. They have made a superhero movie together before. This time, the producer of Guardians of the Galaxy will be running the studio that oversees its director’s next film.

Who gets to say yes at DC now?

Skydance named Latcham president and chief creative officer of DC Studios on November 9. He starts December 1, overseeing film, television and animation, and reports to motion-picture co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein. James Gunn and Peter Safran are returning to creative work. Gunn still writes and directs Man of Tomorrow, which he and Safran are producing for a scheduled July 9, 2027 release. Skydance’s announcement.

That makes the next Superman film a poor test of Latcham’s taste. It was already somebody’s movie when he took the call. The more revealing announcement will be the first filmmaker he hires for something that could plausibly have gone three different ways.

Who is Jeremy Latcham?

Latcham joined Marvel Studios in 2004, when it was still a small company betting on characters other studios had passed on. Over 13 years he rose to senior vice president of production and development, working directly under Kevin Feige. His credits run from Iron Man through The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming. After Marvel he produced outside the superhero business, including Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale. ComicBookMovie on his career · HollywoodLife’s five things to know.

His appointment is also the first big creative call of a new owner. Paramount completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, and the combined company now runs under the Skydance name. Putting a Marvel veteran in charge of Marvel’s oldest rival is the clearest signal yet of what the new owners think DC is missing: a producer who has built a connected universe that made money for more than a decade.

The Marvel credit worth looking at twice

Latcham was an associate producer on Iron Man and an executive producer on both The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. Those titles sound like an argument for more crossovers until you remember how differently they introduce their heroes. Tony Stark builds something in captivity. Peter Quill puts on headphones and dances alone while he steals something. By the time either man joins a team, you know how he behaves when nobody is watching.

Producing credits are shared work. We can’t assign Latcham a particular line or shot from those movies. We can say he has worked on films whose characters earned an audience before the larger franchise asked anything of them. DC has a practical use for that experience. A viewer should be able to buy one ticket, meet someone interesting and get a complete evening out of it.

Three decisions that will tell us what changed

• The first greenlight. Does DC announce a director with a particular story to tell, or a release date with the filmmaker to follow? The order tells us who is shaping the pitch.
• The second chance. Watch which character gets another film, especially if audiences loved one element of a movie that had a mixed reception. That’s where an executive has to exercise taste under pressure.
• The first crossover. Listen for a reason those particular people need to meet. Two familiar costumes on a poster can sell an opening weekend. They still need something to argue about on Monday morning.

The decision we’d watch most closely is the first film Latcham backs after seeing a director’s pitch. Gunn’s Superman already has a face, a cast and a release date. A filmmaker walking into Latcham’s office with a less famous DC character has none of those advantages. What gets that person a second meeting will tell us more about the next few years than another slate announcement. Pylcrow’s report on Gunn and Safran’s transition.

Pylcrow’s take: Latcham is a safe hire who knows how to make a shared universe pay, and that is exactly the risk. Gunn’s DC was messy, personal and occasionally brilliant. If the new regime turns it into a release calendar, DC loses the one thing that made it different from Marvel.

• Documented: Latcham starts December 1 as president and chief creative officer, reporting to Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein (Skydance).
• Documented: Gunn still writes and directs Man of Tomorrow, dated July 9, 2027.
• Interpreted: that Skydance hired him to make DC run more like Marvel. The company has not said that.
• Unresolved: why Gunn and Safran stepped back. Skydance has given no specific reason.

Quick answers

Is James Gunn still making Superman movies? Yes. He and Peter Safran left the studio’s top jobs, but Gunn is still writing and directing Man of Tomorrow, and both will keep producing for DC Studios.

When does Jeremy Latcham start at DC Studios? December 1, 2026, overseeing DC film, television and animation.

Sources: Skydance press release, ComicBookMovie, HollywoodLife, SYFY Wire, Fotogramas.

For more on DC’s studio changes and its film slate, read the DC film and leadership guide.