Then came Friday, Nov. 6, when Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz arrived at Gunn and Safran’s offices on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. There, according to sources, the DC heads were told that despite previous assurances they would be part of the new Skydance mega-studio, Ellison and Kreiz had a change of plans. And now, after four years as two of the most visible faces in comic book films and TV, they were out. And their replacement was surprising. It wasn’t a splashy C-suiter or an exec recently ousted amid Hollywood consolidation. It was Jeremy Latcham, a mild-mannered producer who was once a key member of Marvel Studios’ exec team before moving to Texas to go independent. An occasional foray into big-budget moviemaking such as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves notwithstanding, Latcham was focusing on inspirational movies such as the Wright Brothers feature Flyer, for the faith-focused studio Wonder Project, where he also helped make House of David, a TV show about the Biblical figure. The producer is known to be vocal about his Christian faith and his desire to make uplifting projects.

“I had this nagging feeling that I needed to do more movies that had deeper meaning to me,” Latcham said of Wonder Project during an appearance on the Bible Bros podcast while promoting the Nate Bargatze comedy The Breadwinner. “Let’s be the HBO for the faith and family audience. Let’s try to make movies and television shows that restore faith in things worth believing in.”