James Gunn took to Threads to clarify a rumor about his exit from DC Studios: It had nothing to do with the upcoming “Superman” sequel “Man of Tomorrow” worrying executives at Warner Bros.’ new parent company, Skydance. Rumors have circulated on social media alleging the film’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 “Man of Tomorrow” onto streaming via HBO Max amid yet another DC Universe overhaul, this time under president and chief creative officer Jeremy Latcham.
“There are a lot of untrue rumors going around, but one of them is that Skydance has seen ‘Man of Tomorrow’ and that all sorts of sweeping changes are being made,” Gunn posted on his Threads account denying the rumors. “No one from Skydance has even seen the movie — 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.”
Gunn and Safran’s exits from DC Studios were announced Nov. 9. Their departures came as a shock considering the duo was named as part of Skydance’s business leadership team when Paramount’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 “Superman,” “Supergirl” and “Clayface” and television series like “Creature Commandos” and “Lanterns,” among others.
Soon after the news broke, Gunn took to social media to express his feelings about the job and revealed that he had grown weary of the executive position.
“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,” Gunn wrote. “I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job (thanks to Peter for taking the brunt of that). I’m always a very hard worker, but as a filmmaker I would at least get to take short breaks to unwind, and I’ve stolen even that time from both myself and my loved ones over the past four years.”
In his statement, Gunn also revealed that he’s “engaged on another DC project which I’m writing” in addition to post-production on “Man of Tomorrow.” The “Superman” sequel is currently on the release calendar for July 9, 2027.
