after the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a>. The pair will still be involved with 2027\u2019s \u201cMan of Tomorrow,\u201d written and directed by Gunn and produced by Safran and Gunn, as well as \u201cThe Batman II,\u201d which they will produce.<\/p>\n\u201cFour years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision,\u201d Gunn and Safran said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real.\u201d<\/p>\n
New DC Studios chief Latcham joined Marvel Studios in 2004 and worked closely with Feige to launch Marvel\u2019s powerhouse franchise. During his tenure, he worked on 2008\u2019s \u201cIron Man,\u201d 2010\u2019s \u201cIron Man 2\u201d and served as an executive producer on films such as 2012\u2019s \u201cThe Avengers\u201d and 2017\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming.\u201d He left Marvel in 2017 to start his own production company, Latcham Pictures.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chance to steward the incredible cast of DC characters to the screen in a way that excites lifelong fans while introducing their timeless stories to the next generation is a massive responsibility that I do not take lightly,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
During Monday\u2019s earnings call, Ellison described Latcham as a \u201cwell-regarded\u201d member of Marvel Studios\u2019 founding team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aligned in the future of DC with a shared vision and optimism about what we can do with this incredible treasure trove of superhero storytelling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In recent years, superhero movies have not been the consistent box office hits they once were, despite some breakout hits such as Sony Pictures\u2019 \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day.\u201d That\u2019s led to some hand-wringing in the industry about the genre as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cDC has had several fits and starts,\u201d said Brent Penter, research analyst at Raymond James.\u201dIt raises the question of what\u2019s the future of the [DC universe] look like?\u201d<\/p>\n
Times staff writer Meg James contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn and Peter Safran are out as the heads of DC Studios after a four-year run, Skydance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[381132,381133,54970,114060,1038,6271,88,381131,18289,208,381130,37684,88713,85086,3094,16329],"class_list":["post-911919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-chief-creative-officer","tag-co-chief-executive-ynon-kreiz","tag-commitment","tag-contribution","tag-dc-studios","tag-dec","tag-entertainment","tag-four-year-run","tag-head","tag-james-gunn","tag-legendary-brand","tag-new-era","tag-passion","tag-peter-safran","tag-skydance","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}