Jeremy Latcham becomes president and chief creative officer of DC Studios on Dec. 1, and as of this week he has no mandate from Skydance co-CEO David Ellison about which of the inherited projects comes first.

The short version: three films are actually moving, two of them live-action and one animated, three announced projects stalled out under James Gunn, a shelf of animated shows makes up most of what’s left, and one Gunn screenplay now sits waiting on Latcham’s signature. The whole arrangement was set in motion by Gunn and Safran’s abrupt exit on Nov. 9.

Spoiler Warning

Nothing below spoils any film’s plot. What follows is production status: which movies are actually shooting, which announced ones are dead, and which one is waiting on a new boss’s signature.

The three films that are actually moving

  1. Man of Tomorrow, July 9, 2027. Gunn’s Superman sequel wrapped principal photography in August and is in post. On Nov. 13, Gunn used Threads to shut down a rumor that Skydance had already seen the cut and ordered changes: “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.” This is the last film on the old regime’s original timetable.

  2. The Batman Part II, Feb. 18, 2028. Production paused in early October when Matt Reeves stepped away for a family matter. Steven Soderbergh, by the studio’s account “an admirer of Matt’s work,” stepped in to help finish the final weeks of principal photography with Reeves still directing the finished film. Reeves confirmed it himself.

The date has slid twice, from Oct. 2, 2026 to Oct. 1, 2027 to its current slot. Robert Pattinson’s read on the delay was plain: “Yeah, we’re pausing for a little bit, and then we’re going to figure it all out.”

  1. Dynamic Duo, Sept. 22, 2028. The Dick Grayson and Jason Todd animated origin story from director Arthur Mintz and Swaybox moved off its original June 2028 date in September. It’s a co-production between DC Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and 6th & Idaho, built in Swaybox’s “momo animation” blend of CGI, stop-motion and live-action performance, with a voice cast that includes Mason Thames, Logan Kim, Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi.

What stalled, and the rule that stalled it

Deadline pegs Gunn and Safran’s original Gods and Monsters plan at about 40 percent realized: Superman and Supergirl on film, Lanterns and Creature Commandos on television. Everything else announced in live-action never got a greenlight before the Paramount-Warner Bros merger closed, because Gunn would not send a film into production without a finished script.

  1. The Authority, parked. Gunn explained the call himself: “The script wasn’t quite there but more importantly it didn’t work in terms of the larger DCU both in terms of the story and practical concerns. Maybe some day. Not soon.”

  2. Paradise Lost and Booster Gold, out. Both have since been reported no longer in development at DC Studios, alongside Waller.

  3. Swamp Thing, parked behind a schedule. James Mangold, long linked to the project, is currently working on his Paramount+ series Copland and a motocross heist script that reteams him with Timothée Chalamet.

Gunn’s no-rush rule is the same pattern that’s shown up elsewhere in the DCU’s stalled pile, including the sequel discussed in Lawrence Says DC ‘Impediment’ Blocked Constantine 2.

The animated shelf is the real inheritance

Most of what Gunn and Safran actually leave behind isn’t film, it’s animation: Mister Miracle, an Absolute Batman CG series, the anime Joker: Laugh Riot, an untitled Krypto project, Creature Commandos season 2, and The People v. Gorilla Grodd with Skyler Gisondo and Jimmy Tatro. Deadline’s note on the pile is the important part: several of these have no streaming or network home and no confirmed renewal, which means they exist as finished or near-finished work with nowhere scheduled to air.

The one test: whether the no-rush rule survives December

The first real decision on Latcham’s desk isn’t a release date, it’s a script. Gunn has another DC screenplay in progress, reportedly part of a plan to put out a Superman film every two years and build toward a Justice League team-up. Whether that script, or anything on the stalled list, gets greenlit now depends entirely on whether Latcham keeps Gunn’s refusal to rush a project without a working script, or starts dating movies before they’re ready.

Ellison has already signaled which way he leans. At a Skydance town hall, he told staff: “We are not here to preserve the status quo. We are here to build for what comes next.” That’s a mission statement, not a greenlight memo, but the money behind it is easy to read.

By the numbers:

  • $126.4 million: Supergirl’s worldwide gross on a reported $170 million production budget.
  • $618 million: Superman’s worldwide gross on a $225 million budget.
  • $109 million: Clayface’s worldwide gross on a $44 million budget.
  • 40 percent: how much of the announced Gods and Monsters slate actually got made.

Latcham’s first greenlight, whatever it is, will function as the real policy statement. A finished script moving fast tells the industry the no-rush era is over. A finished script still waiting tells everyone the rule survived its author.