So, who exactly is replacing James Gunn?
As you might know, Skydance has named Jeremy Latcham president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, succeeding James Gunn and Peter Safran. He starts December 1, overseeing film, television and animation. On paper, it's the safest hire imaginable. Latcham joined Marvel in 2004 and eventually rose to senior VP, working closely with Kevin Feige to help launch the MCU. He also worked with Gunn on the "Guardians of the Galaxy" films, and the outgoing duo have given him their blessing.
That said, a recent interview with Latcham has gone viral, for all the wrong reasons, or all the right ones, depending on where you stand. In a resurfaced June 2026 interview with GBM, “Hollywood Producer Behind Massive Marvel Hits Loves Jesus,” Latcham discusses how his Christian upbringing and his grandmother influenced his approach to filmmaking. Call this one the “Grandma Test.”
Even at Marvel, like if you read the the History of Marvel book or whatever, there’s like this bit about my grandparents in there because when we were making the first Marvel movies, I’d always be like, ‘I don’t know if my grandma would like that, you know?’ And that became like a guiding light of like as we were developing the movies, I just had this sense of, ‘I don’t know if my grandma would like that.’
He went on to explain that his grandmother's perspective helped him determine whether a movie would connect with audiences outside Hollywood.
It was at that moment that I knew we’d done something that resonated around the world, that my grandmother in Perkins, Oklahoma, a town of 5,000 people, could feel the story of redemption that traveled around the world and that we could all be lifted up by heroes.
Here's another part the trades are mostly skipping. Since leaving Marvel, Latcham has drifted toward the Christian movie space. He's a senior advisor to Wonder Project, the faith-based banner behind "House of David." Wonder Project partnered on his Nate Bargatze comedy "The Breadwinner," which critics hated.
He went further on the Bible Bros podcast in June. Per the show notes, he discussed subtly infusing redemption themes into the MCU, how “faith” guided his move from L.A. to Texas, and why Christian audiences need to show up at theaters to change culture. He's also said Hollywood has largely walked away from family-oriented comedies.
What does this mean for DC? Nobody knows yet. Nothing suggests Latcham plans to turn Batman into faith-driven content, but his track record does point toward PG-13 crowd-pleasers, which probably means, among other things, that we shouldn't expect a sequel to “Clayface.”
A recent interview with Latcham has gone viral, for all the wrong reasons, or all the right ones, depending on where you stand. It’s a resurfaced June 2026 interview with GBM, “Hollywood Producer Behind Massive Marvel Hits Loves Jesus.”