Jeremy Latcham starts December 1 as the new president and chief creative officer of DC Studios — the division that controls Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. He's a former Marvel executive. He's got the résumé. And progressive fans are losing their minds because he grew up going to a Nazarene church in Oklahoma.

The outrage isn't about his qualifications. It's about his faith.

Latcham did an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network back in July 2026 where he talked about growing up in the church and how it shaped his approach to storytelling. "Even at Marvel," he said, "there's like this bit about my grandparents" — referencing a family history rooted in faith. He talked about filtering creative decisions through a simple test: "Is this going to work for regular people that are outside of the bubble of Hollywood?"

That was enough to set the internet on fire. One user posted: "Being interviewed for The Christian Broadcasting Network? Taking about grandmas and pastors? DCU is going full MAGA lol." Another wrote — and this is a direct quote — "I'm saying this with my whole chest. F* your grandma and her lil church crones."

Someone's grandmother going to church is now a political emergency in the DC Comics fandom.

Latcham replaces James Gunn and Peter Safran at the top of DC Studios after Skydance CEO David Ellison restructured the division's leadership. His Marvel track record speaks for itself. But the backlash had nothing to do with whether he could deliver a good Superman movie. It had everything to do with a CBN interview and a mention of his grandparents' pastor.

The same crowd that demands representation for every conceivable identity category drew a hard line at "Christian." Latcham didn't announce plans to turn Batman into a Bible study. He said he thinks about whether regular people outside Hollywood would enjoy the product. That's called knowing your audience. It's also apparently grounds for a social media inquisition.

Not everyone piled on. One commenter noted: "He's right. Audiences don't want to be attacked with messaging or made to look dumb for buying a ticket." Another added: "If you want these movies to be successful they need to be accessible to a wide audience." Reasonable takes — which naturally got buried under the outrage.

Latcham also has ties to Wonder Project, a faith-based studio, and Amazon Prime's "House of David" series. In any other industry, a diverse portfolio of creative work would be a selling point. In Hollywood, the faith-based entries on the résumé are the ones that trigger the background check.

The entertainment industry spent a decade telling audiences that representation matters, that seeing yourself on screen validates your existence, that storytelling should reflect the full spectrum of human experience. A guy who grew up in an Oklahoma church mentioned his grandmother's faith in a seven-minute interview.

That was the full spectrum's limit.