Director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran will serve as co-chairman and co-CEO of Warner Bros. The new DC Studios, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. DC Studios is the new division of Warner Bros. replaces DC Films and will oversee all DC Universe projects in the film, television and animation sectors.
The new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav has been looking for a partner with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige for quite some time, attracting people from various backgrounds in the entertainment world.
Gunn previously had a closer relationship with Marvel, making the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies before moving to DC in 2021. Suicide Squad – after fired by Marvel from the third Guardians movie. (He is back to that projecthowever.) Tuesday’s news also occurred hours after the trailer dropped for Gunn coming soon Guardians of the Galaxy special holiday. For DC, Gunn also directed the popular HBO Max show People of Peaceone of Polygon’s Favorite Shows in 2022.
While not a well-known name like Gunn, Safran is an experienced producer who has worked with Warner Bros. many times over the past few years. Some of Safran’s earliest production credits include his work with the horror director and DC veterans James Wan. Safran’s production work on Wan’s Conjuring Universe also sets him up for the kind of franchise management that will be key to his success in his new role at DC. Since then, Safran has moved on to the entire DC Universe, including Shazam! Gunn movies and DC projects.
This is the latest hierarchical shift in the DC Universe, following the recent departure of chief executive Walter Hamada and years of turmoil before Warner Bros. takeover (and later, including the infamous cancellation Bat girl).
