DC Studios’ New Boss Jeremy Latcham Has a ‘Guiding Light’ for Superhero Movies: Would My Grandma Like It? ‘You Have to Make Them for Everybody’

Jeremy Latcham is the new president and chief creative officer of DC Studios, taking over duties after James Gunn and Peter Safran’s four-year stint. So what does that mean for the future of the DC Universe? It’s a question comic book movie fans are now asking on social media, and one that has led them to recent interviews with Latcham that suggest the post-Gunn and Safran era of DC movies and TV shows will align more with four-quadrant crowdpleasers than with edgier fare.

“When we were making the first Marvel movies I would always be like, ‘I don’t know if my grandma would like that.’ That became a guiding light… it became the stand-in for ‘is this going to work for regular people outside the bubble of Hollywood?’ Latcham said over the summer while talking to Christian Broadcasting News (via GamesRadar) about his previous comic book movie philosophy.

Latcham notably joined Marvel Studios in 2004 and rose to senior VP of production and development, working closely with president Kevin Feige to launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an associate producer on “Iron Man.” He went to co-produce “Iron Man 2” and executive produce “The Avengers,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

“In the old Marvel days, there’s this great story about my Meemaw and Peepaw because they became, like, a joke in the editing room – that we were making the movie for my grandparents in Oklahoma,” Latcham previously said in a separate interview with GamesRadar+. “If they weren’t gonna understand it, [it was] never going to work for anybody… I think that’s kind of the fun of these movies, of adapting material – finding a way to make it for everybody. You have to be true to the fans, but you have to make it ultimately for everybody.”

Latcham left Marvel in 2017 to found Latcham Pictures, which produced movies such as “Bad Times at the El Royale” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.”

In his statement on becoming the new boss of DC Studios, Latcham said: “DC’s pantheon of characters is among the most iconic in American popular culture. I’ve had the privilege to help bring some of the most celebrated superhero stories to life on the big screen, and I’m excited and honored for the opportunity to now lead DC Studios into its next era. The chance to steward the incredible cast of DC characters to the screen in a way that excites lifelong fans while introducing their timeless stories to the next generation is a massive responsibility that I do not take lightly.”