James Gunn and Peter Safran (Mostly) Out of Power at DC/Skydance

I got up this Monday, dragging a bit. The kiddos took forever to get to sleep; I kept getting woken up by various stuff, I needed some coffee. While the pot was brewing, I opened up the usual general and pop-culture news sites I like to check, and it seems James Gunn and Peter Safran are out at DC? What? Forget the coffee, I have questions! I mean, just a month ago it seemed everything was peachy-keen! Now, Jeremy Latcham is stepping into the role of Chief Creative Officer and President of DC Studios AKA all the films and shows DC's been making. Latcham is someone who had a significant role with the MCU up until 2017, when he struck out on his own with Latcham Pictures; it went on to produce a variety of films that ranged in quality and success to a degree where I, personally, don't think it is easy to guess what Latcham is thinking for the DCU. I mean, he has worked on cool stuff like the, "Dungeons and Dragons," film but also was heavily involved in, "Meh," stuff like, "The Breadwinner." Latcham's Marvel history involves a lot of, "Phase 1," stuff from before, "Avengers: Endgame," which afterwards gave us a shakier-in-success MCU. Perhaps Skydance wants some of that, "Earlier MCU,"-styled magic. How did all this happen, though?

James Gunn has said in a public statement that he had a wild four years and is still working on a, "Superman," sequel and writing something else that is unannounced. It all sounds perfectly amicable, but did Gunn want out due to Skydance acquiring everything? Was he fired? A seismic shift such as this with a company's whole film and show slate wouldn't just happen on a whim...would it? At this moment, anyone who knows exactly what's up ain't talking. David Ellison very well could have seen future ideas Gunn and Safran had before going, "Nah." Gunn could have been told what DC's new owner, Skydance, expected, and he and Safran were the ones declining plans. We're still geting, "Man of Tomorrow," with Gunn in the director's chair, allegedly, but how much of it will be tweaked and changed now for whatever new future plans exist for DC's cinematic franchises? What's Peter Safran going to get up to now? All of this just happened today, so I'd think more will be revealed over time. Right now, however, it is a mess.