James Gunn’s DCU Is Officially Dead, and That’s Good News for Superman Fans

James Gunn and Peter Safran are reported to be stepping down as co-heads of DC Studios, with former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham taking sole leadership of the Skydance Media division. The article argues that this change could help Superman fans because Gunn’s DC Universe seemed short on a coherent plan, despite his stated intention to make the Superman follow-up, *Man of Tomorrow*.

The piece judges the DCU’s results as uneven: it calls *Superman* a hit, praises *Peacemaker* and *Lanterns*, and describes other projects as commercial disappointments, forgettable or confusing. It says only *Man of Tomorrow* was a confirmed film beyond the animated *Dynamic Duo*, while other projects under discussion included Batman and Wonder Woman films, a Bane and Deathstroke team-up, and several television or animated spin-offs.