James Gunn Describes Jimmy Olsen HBO Series as 'Both a Jimmy Olsen and a Gorilla Grodd Show'

The upcoming DC Universe HBO TV bid starring Jimmy Olsen from past year's Superman movie is “both a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd show,” James Gunn has clarified.

Yesterday, DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran revealed that the Gorilla Grodd HBO amusement — arsenic helium described it — starts shooting this year. That quality sparked questions astir the quality of the Jimmy Olsen amusement DC Studios was thought to beryllium moving on. But based connected Gunn’s comments, it’s arsenic overmuch astir the supervillain arsenic it is astir the Daily Planet photojournalist.

“It's some a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd show. And it's 1 of my favourite projects. We commencement filming soon,” Gunn said successful a station connected Threads.

Jimmy Olsen, played by Skyler Gisondo, was 1 of the breakout characters successful past year’s Superman and was instantly tipped for a spinoff. Gorilla Grodd, meanwhile, debuted successful The Flash #106 backmost successful May 1959. He is simply a super-intelligent ape who possesses ace spot and velocity arsenic good arsenic the powers of telepathy and telekinesis.

Late past year, it was reported that DC Studios and HBO Max were processing a fictional existent transgression bid acceptable successful the DCU called DC Crime. According to Variety, it would look and consciousness similar a existent transgression docuseries presented by Jimmy Olsen, and the archetypal play would absorption connected Gorilla Grodd. But Gunn has present denied the amusement is called DC Crime, saying successful different station connected Threads: “It is not and has ne'er been called DC Crime.”

So, we don’t cognize yet what this upcoming amusement is called, oregon truly however it volition enactment oregon acceptable into the ongoing DCU, which continues this summertime with Supergirl, and past with adjacent year’s Superman follow-up, Man of Tomorrow.

Speaking to writer Matías Lértora astatine a screening of Supergirl astatine Río de Janeiro, Safran said that erstwhile Gunn is finished with Man of Tomorrow, fans volition find retired what the aboriginal of the DCU looks similar post-2027.

“When James is done with Man of Tomorrow, we’ll truly beryllium down and speech astir what the adjacent portion of the communicative looks like,” Safran said. “We person a beauteous bully consciousness of what’s happening for astatine slightest the adjacent mates of years, that’s for sure.”

So, what mightiness that involve? We cognize DC Studios plans to present its ain Batman with The Brave and the Bold, and determination are plans to yet necktie everything unneurotic with a Justice League movie. Gunn precocious confirmed the Booster Gold and Paradise Lost shows are inactive live (and we tin present accidental with certainty that the Jimmy Olsen spinoff volition travel out), but The Authority movie has fallen by the wayside.

The Authority was 1 of the astonishment projects announced arsenic portion of Gunn and Safran’s overarching Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters DC Universe reboot 3 years ago. At the time, Gunn described The Authority, which revolves astir the infamously brutal superhero squad of the aforesaid sanction from the WildStorm Universe, arsenic a "big movie," but it ran into important issues.

Right now, we person confirmed merchandise dates for HBO amusement Lanterns, movies Supergirl and Clayface, and the aforementioned Man of Tomorrow.

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