James Gunn Responds To Scathing Man of Tomorrow Rumors Following DC Studios Exit

Published Nov 14, 2026, 11:00 AM EST Tomas Franzese is the Weekend News Editor at Polygon, following and reporting on the latest goings-on in the gaming and entertainment spaces. During the week, you can find him working on Remastered, his newsletter about video game history and retro gaming, or contributing to GameSpot and other publications. Previously, Tomas was the Gaming Segment Lead at XDA and a Staff Writer at Digital Trends. Gunn says not to believe rumors about the quality of Man of Tomorrow, as not many people have seen it yet Image: Warner Bros Pictures/The Everett Collection Sign in to your Polygon.com account Skydance's decision to replace DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran with Jeremy Latcham earlier this week has spawned all sorts of rumors and reports. For the first time since the news broke last Monday, James Gunn spoke out on social media to deny certain rumors, specifically those surrounding next year's Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow. James Gunn says Skydance has not seen a cut of Man of Tomorrow After the leadership change at DC Studios, James Gunn confirmed he would stick around to wrap up his work on Man of Tomorrow. Despite that, later reports from Variety and Cosmic Book News claimed that Skydance's Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein didn't like what they saw of Man of Tomorrow and that they'd trim some of the Easter eggs and other moments that allegedly overstuffed the film. On Nov. 13, Gunn broke his silence by responding to these claims in a Threads post. "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," he explained. Skydance has not publicly commented on these specific rumors about Man of Tomorrow, although the anonymous insiders making these claims certainly seem pro-Skydance. Man of Tomorrow reached the assembly cut stage of post-production last month, so it makes sense that not many people have seen it yet. Gunn has historically been quite active and transparent in addressing DCU rumors on social media, and it seems that won't change even though he's no longer in charge of DC Studios. Jeremy Latcham is currently set to take charge of DC Studios on Dec. 1, while Man of Tomorrow is slated for a July 9, 2027 theatrical release. Beyond that, the future of the DCU as James Gunn envisioned it is very questionable.