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HBO Max‘s next DC Studios series will have a decidedly lighter tone than its current one.
The streamer has officially picked up The People v. Gorilla Grodd, a mockumentary centered on Daily Planet staffer Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo). The eight-episode show will show Jimmy directing and starring in a true-crime show that investigates “whether Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted in one of Metropolis’ most famous murder trials,” per the show’s logline.
Jimmy Tatro will play Gorilla Grodd, the superintelligent ape and sometime Superman nemesis. Gisondo will reprise his role from 2025’s Superman, as will Beck Bennett (Steve Lombard), Mikaela Hoover (Cat Grant) and Wendell Pierce (Perry White). Mary Holland, Eduardo Franco, Arian Moayed, Dan Perrault, Andrew Leeds and Tim Baltz also star.
The People v. Gorilla Grodd comes from American Vandal creators Perrault and Tony Yacenda, who serve as showrunners. Tatro starred in the first season of the Netflix series.
