James Gunn Says No One From Skydance Has Seen Man of Tomorrow

James Gunn has responded to the wave of rumors about Man of Tomorrow, and his answer is blunt: Skydance has not seen the movie. In a post on Threads on Friday night, November 13, the DC Studios co-CEO, who steps down on December 1, said that one of the rumors going around is that Skydance has watched the Superman sequel and is making sweeping changes. “No one from Skydance has even seen the movie,” he wrote, adding that the only people who have are producing partner Peter Safran and a very small group of trusted friends and family, and that any story built on that narrative is false.

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The statement lands in the middle of an unusually noisy week for DC. Skydance announced on Monday that Gunn and Safran would leave their leadership roles, and the days since have produced a stream of reports about what the studio’s new owners think of Man of Tomorrow, including claims of reshoots, cut cameos and even a release plan that skips theaters. Gunn’s post is one of his first public comments on the film since the exit was announced, and it addresses the specific claim that Skydance has viewed it and ordered changes. This article covers what he said, what he was responding to, what his answer does and does not settle, and where the movie stands with eight months to go before its July 9, 2027 release.

• Gunn says no one from Skydance has seen Man of Tomorrow; only Peter Safran and a small trusted circle have
• The post responds to reports that Skydance had viewed the film and was planning sweeping changes, reshoots and cameo cuts
• Gunn and Safran leave DC Studios on December 1, when Jeremy Latcham becomes president and chief creative officer
• An assembly cut was finished on October 4, and the film opens on July 9, 2027
• Gunn’s post says nothing about what may happen to the film after his departure, and the coverage reviewed here includes no response from Skydance

What Gunn said, and what he did not say

The post is short and specific. Gunn calls the rumor mill unreliable in general, singles out one claim, that Skydance has screened the film and is rewriting it, and rejects it directly. His wording limits the audience for the film to a handful of people: Safran, the producer who is leaving with him, and friends and family he trusts. By his account, no executive at the company that now owns DC Studios has watched a frame of the finished or assembled film, which would make any report of notes, reactions or planned edits from those executives premature.

It is also a narrow statement. Gunn does not say that Skydance will leave the film alone after he steps down. He does not say who will control the final cut once the leadership change takes effect, and he does not address rumors about other DC projects or about the casting of other characters. ComicBook.com made the same point in its analysis, noting that Gunn’s account is plausible given how often he uses Threads to correct misinformation, but that a film left untouched today does not guarantee what the new leadership may decide about characters and actors in the DCU going forward. The coverage reviewed for this article does not include any response to the post from Skydance.

The rumors he was answering

The reports Gunn was pushing back on came from several directions. Nexus Point News reported on Thursday that Skydance wanted significant reshoots on Man of Tomorrow and that some planned cameos were being removed, according to Dark Horizons’ summary. Screen Rant reported rumors that Skydance executives were unhappy with the film and might seek reshoots without Gunn, MovieWeb noted that a Variety opinion piece said executives were dissatisfied with footage they had seen, and it also pointed to a World of Reel claim that Gunn would lose final cut. TheWrap cited talk that Wonder Woman could be recast and that the film might bypass theaters for streaming. Mogaz, summarizing the same wave, said characters such as Supergirl and Blue Beetle were being rumored for removal.

Cosmic Book News, citing anonymous insiders, went further. It reported that Skydance film heads Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein had watched the assembly cut and “had a fit” over its length and cameos, and that all options, including a sale or a streaming release, were on the table. That specific claim is the one Gunn’s post contradicts most directly. Cosmic Book News updated its coverage after Gunn posted, noting his denial while also citing a Variety report that some Easter eggs were being cut. Both versions rest on unnamed sources or on Gunn’s own account, neither has been independently confirmed, and readers should treat the underlying claims as unresolved until Skydance or DC says more.

Where Man of Tomorrow stands

The film itself is far along. Principal photography wrapped in late August, when Gunn posted a thank-you to his cast and crew. He then said that the first assembly cut was complete, which Cosmic Book News dates to October 4, and his recent comments about casting are summarized in James Gunn on DC Casting: Batman “Isn’t Far Away,” Harley Quinn Is Open and Man of Tomorrow Is Nearly Cast. Gunn remains in post-production, and in the statement announcing their exit, he and Safran said they look forward to telling the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey. The release date, July 9, 2027, has not changed. MovieWeb adds that Gunn has confirmed there will be no Man of Tomorrow trailer in December to play before Dune: Part Three or Avengers: Doomsday, a pair of releases that Every Movie Plug maps out in the Dunesday Survival Guide.

Story details are limited to what DC has said so far. The film pits Superman against Brainiac while forcing him to work with Lex Luthor, and it is expected to include characters introduced elsewhere in the DCU, including Aaron Pierre’s Green Lantern and Milly Alcock’s Supergirl. Threads that connect to the film are still open, such as John Cena’s uncertainty about how Peacemaker ties into it, which Every Movie Plug covered in John Cena on Peacemaker and Man of Tomorrow, and the status of Harley Quinn, discussed in Gunn’s Harley Quinn comments. The film is listed with the rest of the year’s tentpoles in Most Anticipated Movies of 2027.

The leadership change behind the noise

The rumors make more sense against the leadership shift. Skydance, which took control of DC Studios after the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed in October, announced on November 9 that Gunn and Safran will step down on December 1 and that former Marvel Studios producer Jeremy Latcham will take over as president and chief creative officer. Latcham will report to Skydance film chiefs Goldberg and Greenstein, according to the Wall Street Journal. Every Movie Plug laid out the announcement, the competing accounts of how it happened and the studio’s record in James Gunn Steps Down From DC Studios: Why He and Peter Safran Are Leaving and What Happens Next.

That record is part of the pressure. Superman earned about $618 million worldwide in 2025, while Supergirl took roughly $126.4 million this summer against a reported net cost of $186 million, and Clayface has earned more than $109 million on a much smaller budget, figures Every Movie Plug summarized in its coverage of the exit. The tonal gamble behind the latest release is explained in Clayface: How DC Is Using Body Horror to Reshape the Comic Book Movie, and the longer story of how DC has tried to catch Marvel, which Latcham knows from the inside, is told in Behind the Cape: Why DC Struggled to Match Marvel’s Cinematic Empire. On the television side, HBO’s Lanterns still awaits a second-season decision that Safran had promised by year’s end, as explained in Lanterns Season 2 Is Not Greenlit Yet, and DC Promises an Answer by Year’s End.

What happens next

Three developments will show whether Gunn’s post is the end of the story. The first is December 1, when Latcham takes over and the question of who holds final approval over the cut becomes a real one rather than a rumor; Cosmic Book News’ insiders say Latcham and Goldberg will, but that is not confirmed. The second is any statement from Skydance or Warner Bros., which has so far been absent from the coverage reviewed. The third is the film’s marketing: with no trailer planned for December, the first look at Man of Tomorrow may arrive well into 2027. Until then, the only firsthand account of the film’s status is Gunn’s.

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