Skyler Gisondo is reacting to the major Hollywood shakeup announced earlier this week: DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down from their roles after four years, effective Dec. 1.
Gisondo made his DC debut last year in Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet as the title character. Gisondo, for his part, played photographer Jimmy Olsen for the Daily Planet.
“It’s really sad to see them go,” Gisondo told The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday night while premiering his next film, Focker-in-Law. “They really changed all of our lives. I’m just immensely grateful for the opportunity that they’ve given me.”
He continued: “They just do everything the right way. It’s a joy to work with them. I have so much love for them both, and I hope I get to keep working with them in some capacity.”
Gisondo has several upcoming DC projects already in the works, including the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, also directed by Gunn and slated to hit theaters July 9. He will also reprise his role as Jimmy Olsen in HBO Max’s The People v. Gorilla Grodd, an eight-episode mockumentary centered on the Daily Planet staffer. The series will follow Jimmy as he directs and stars in a true-crime show investigating “whether Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted in one of Metropolis’ most famous murder trials,” according to the show’s logline. Jimmy Tatro will star as Gorilla Grodd, the superintelligent ape and Superman nemesis.
Both projects are in post-production, following the recent changes in leadership at DC Studios and Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Gunn also has a third Superman movie in the works, which he was writing before the leadership change.
Former Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham is set to take over as DC Studios’ president and chief creative officer following Gunn and Safran’s departure.
“I think there’s a lot I still don’t know,” Gisondo said. He added of Gunn and Safran, “I hope we get to keep making movies together.”
When asked whether he’d spoken with the departing DC bosses since the news was announced, Gisondo said no: “I haven’t had a chance to connect with them directly.”
Find out more about Gunn and Safran’s departure from DC here.
