{"id":11384,"date":"2026-11-10T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=11384"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:28:34","slug":"the-batman-part-2-james-gunn-exit-dcu-safe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/10\/the-batman-part-2-james-gunn-exit-dcu-safe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman: Part II is one of the few &#8216;safe&#8217; DC projects amid James Gunn&#8217;s shock exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new report has revealed The Batman: Part II is one of three DC projects reportedly safe amid the studio\u2019s new shakeup, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/james-gunn\/\">James Gunn<\/a> and Peter Safran make a shocking exit.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, November 9, the news emerged that the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/dc\/\">DC<\/a> cinematic universe is undergoing yet <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">another<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> major shift. Despite Gunn and Safran taking over as co-CEOs of DC Studios in 2022, they\u2019re now stepping down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Gunn reflected on his past four years, admitting his time as co-CEO had been \u201ctrying, to say the least\u201d. He also confessed that he disliked the corporate responsibilities of the role, adding he\u2019s \u201cincredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dfh3WS1mLwK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dfh3WS1mLwK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn)<\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leadership shakeup follows Skydance&#8217;s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/marvel\/\">Marvel<\/a> producer Jeremy Latcham is now set to replace Gunn and Safran as DC Studios&#8217; president and chief creative officer on December 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And according to industry insider Matthew Belloni&#8217;s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/newsletters\/what-im-hearing\/what-im-hearing-dcs-endless-reboot-netflixs-ted-test-disney-defenders\">Puck newsletter<\/a>, the change in leadership could have major consequences for the projects Gunn and Safran had planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Batman: Part II is reportedly \u2018safe\u2019 amid DC shakeup<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11389\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11389\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-10.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Pattinson's The Batman\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-10-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-10-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/02\/heidi-klums-halloween-costume-may-have-accidentally-leaked-the-batman-part-ii-villains\/\">The Batman sequel<\/a> starring <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/robert-pattinson\/\">Robert Pattinson<\/a> as the Caped Crusader has had plenty of shakeups of its own. But insiders told Belloni that it is one of three projects safe.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other two include the Gunn-directed Superman follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/02\/is-dcus-man-of-tomorrow-trailer-releasing-next-month-james-gunn-actually-has-an-update\/\">Man of Tomorrow<\/a> and a mystery \u201cin-the-works\u201d HBO series.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s worth noting that while Pattinson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/the-batman\/\">Batman<\/a> exists outside the interconnected DCU established by Gunn and Safran, Matt Reeves&#8217; films still fall under the wider DC Studios umbrella.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That means The Batman: Part II is not entirely separate from the leadership changes, despite telling its own standalone story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as said, the film itself has already undergone some huge shakeups. Following <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/15\/the-batman-part-2-why-delayed-again-2028-nothing-to-do-with-matt-reeves\/\">delays to the writing process<\/a>, Reeves had to depart the project last month to tend to an ongoing family matter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh stepped in to direct the final weeks of principal photography. It\u2019s still on track to release in February 2028.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What happens to the rest of James Gunn&#8217;s DCU?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11390\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11390\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6-7.jpg\" alt=\"James Gunn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6-7-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6-7-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Rob Latour\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the future of Gunn and Safran&#8217;s other DC projects is looking considerably less certain. That includes their own Batman film, The Brave and the Bold, as well as the long-rumoured Wonder Woman movie and a potential Peacemaker season 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his newsletter, Belloni reported that plans are already underway to dismantle much of the slate the pair had mapped out during their time at DC Studios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the circumstances surrounding their exit haven\u2019t been confirmed, the journalist also described the pair as having been fired.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe newly fired DC heads, James Gunn and Peter Safran, have it in their contracts that they report to the CEO of the company, which was meaningful during their four-year tenure at Warner Discovery,\u201d he wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRunning DC as an independent studio, with dotted lines to the film and TV heads for various projects, gave the filmmaker and veteran producer clout internally, as well as creative freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Belloni said, \u201cthat wasn\u2019t happening with David Ellison at the combined Skydance\u201d and so Latcham reportedly won\u2019t enjoy the same level of autonomy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m told plans are already afoot to dismantle much of what Gunn and Safran had plotted out beyond next summer\u2019s Gunn-directed Man of Tomorrow, the currently shooting The Batman: Part II, and an in-the-works HBO series,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo DC goes back into reboot mode\u2026 again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Warner Bros.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same can&#8217;t be said for the wider DCU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[281,226,4,297,280],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-11384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-batman","tag-dc","tag-film","tag-james-gunn","tag-the-batman"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is The Batman 2 safe? 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