James Gunn may not be splitting his time between projects for both Marvel and DC for much longer.

The director of Guardians of the Galaxy has been tapped to lead DC’s film, television and animation departments as co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios, a newly formed division at Warner Bros. that will replace DC Films. Gunn was also behind The Suicide Squad, Aquaman, and the Peacemaker series for DC.

Gunn shares the position with Peter Safran, a longtime talent manager turned producer who worked on the Aquaman and Shazam! sequels.

Gunn will focus on the creative side, while Safran will focus on the business side of things. Both will also continue to develop, direct, and produce projects. They will report directly to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, and work closely with Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, and WB chairman Channing Dungey, among others.

DC Films was previously run by Walter Hamada, who recently departed the studio last week. This marks the end of a months-long search by Warner Bros. Discovery to find a creative visionary along the lines of Marvel’s Kevin Feige, to oversee an overall strategy for all of its movies.

Gunn and Safran said in a joint statement,

“We’re honored to be the stewards of these DC characters we’ve loved since we were children. We look forward to collaborating with the most talented writers, directors, and actors in the world to create an integrated, multilayered universe that still allows for the individual expression of the artists involved. Our commitment to Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Harley Quinn, and the rest of the DC stable of characters is only equaled by our commitment to the wonder of human possibility these characters represent.”

Joint statement from Gunn and Safran.

Over the last four years since the merger, Warner Bros. film co-chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy have been working on bringing DCEU projects like the beleagured Flash movie and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom into theaters. Gunn and Safran officially start work on November 1st, and reportedly won’t be overseeing Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, which exists outside the DCEU.