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Producer and former Kevin Feige protege Jeremy Latcham will replace Gunn and Safran.

HBO did right by the DCU with Lanterns , while Supergirl bombed at the box office.

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It’s barely been two months since the controversial Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, and we’ve already got a shockingly unexpected ouster : Co-CEOs of the rebooted DC Universe, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are stepping down from that role despite the Hollywood rumor mill assuming that the duo would be safe.

It’s unclear whether the pair chose to resign or were forced out, or what will happen to their planned slate of projects beyond 2028’s Superman: Man of Tomorrow , which is in post-production. Producer Jeremy Latcham—a protege of Marvel’s Kevin Feige who worked with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy among other MCU films—will replace them. Per Gunn and Safran’s joint statement :

Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision.…