{"id":964347,"date":"2026-11-14T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964347\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:12:12","slug":"james-gunn-says-no-one-from-skydance-has-seen-superman-sequel-man-of-tomorrow-as-rumors-fly-after-his-dc-studios-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964347\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Says \u2018No One From Skydance\u2019 Has Seen \u2018Superman\u2019 Sequel \u2018Man of Tomorrow\u2019 as Rumors Fly After His DC Studios Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James Gunn <a data-ylk=\"slk:took to Threads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/dc-shocker-james-gunn-peter-171500633.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took to Threads<\/a> to clarify a rumor about his exit from DC Studios: It had nothing to do with the upcoming &#8220;Superman&#8221; sequel &#8220;Man of Tomorrow&#8221; worrying executives at Warner Bros.&#8217; new parent company, Skydance. Rumors have circulated on social media alleging the film&#8217;s poor quality is one of the reasons Gunn got the boot after four years as co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran. The rumors snowballed into claims Skydance would dump &#8220;Man of Tomorrow&#8221; onto streaming via HBO Max amid yet another DC Universe overhaul, this time under president and chief creative officer Jeremy Latcham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There are a lot of untrue rumors going around, but one of them is that Skydance has seen &#8216;Man of Tomorrow&#8217; and that all sorts of sweeping changes are being made,&#8221; Gunn posted on his Threads account denying the rumors. &#8220;No one from Skydance has even seen the movie \u2013 the only people that have are Peter Safran and a very small trusted group of friends and family. So any stories around this narrative are false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from Variety<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gunn and Safran&#8217;s <a data-ylk=\"slk:exits from DC Studios;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/dc-shocker-james-gunn-peter-171500633.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exits from DC Studios<\/a> were announced Nov. 9. Their departures came as a shock considering the duo was named as part of Skydance&#8217;s <a data-ylk=\"slk:business leadership team;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/david-ellison-names-skydance-corp-130528700.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business leadership team <\/a>when Paramount&#8217;s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closed in October. Gunn and Safran became the heads of DC Studios in 2022 and their four-year stint included film releases like &#8220;Superman,&#8221; &#8220;Supergirl&#8221; and &#8220;Clayface&#8221; and television series like &#8220;Creature Commandos&#8221; and &#8220;Lanterns,&#8221; among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Soon after the news broke, Gunn <a data-ylk=\"slk:took to social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/james-gunn-speaks-stepping-down-175640572.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took to social media<\/a> to express his feelings about the job and revealed that he had grown weary by the executive job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;What only the closest people to me have known over the past four years is my time at DC Studios has been trying, to say the least,&#8221; Gunn wrote. &#8220;I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job (thanks to Peter for taking the brunt of that). I&#8217;m always a very hard worker, but as a filmmaker I would at least get to take short breaks to unwind, and I&#8217;ve stolen even that time from both myself and my loved ones over the past four years&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In his statement, Gunn also revealed that he&#8217;s &#8220;engaged on another DC project which I&#8217;m writing&#8221; in addition to post-production on &#8220;Man of Tomorrow.&#8221; The &#8220;Superman&#8221; sequel is currently on the release calendar for July 9, 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"441\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/variety.com\/a3f395443f1b78f3130653cd07f41a2f.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Best of Variety<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a data-ylk=\"slk:Variety&#039;s Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Variety&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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