A Jimmy Olsen spin-off TV series in development at DC Studios

The box office success of Supermanthe latest film adaptation of the stories centered on the iconic DC Comics superhero, would be encouraging DC Studios to expand the plots in the same way as was done with The Suicide Squad – Suicide Mission e The Batman. Several sources report that the studio is working on the development of a television spin-off of the film released last summer, dedicated to the “Daily Planet” photojournalist Jimmy Olsenplayed by Skyler Gisondo. The project would be in the hands of the creators of American Vandal And Perrault e Tony Yacenda and it should also involve another famous DC character, the villain Gorilla Grodd.

Superman: The first details of the spin-off on Jimmy Olsen

Titled DC Crimethe potential spinoff would be pitched as a true crime docuseries in which Jimmy Olsen and other “Daily Planet” journalists would investigate cases involving evil matahumans. The first season would focus on Gorilla Grodd, a giant gorilla with extreme intelligence and abilities, known to readers and more generally to the DC public especially for his battles against the Flash.

On TV, Gorilla Grodd had already been an antagonist of the Scarlet Speedster in The CW’s live-action series The Flashin which he was voiced by David Sobolov. The villain, who appeared for the first time in 1959 in the comic series dedicated to Flash, has long been in the thoughts of the co-president of DC Studios James Gunndirector and screenwriter of Supermanfor a possible adaptation. Last summer, during an interview with Entertainment Weeklyhe said: “I love Gorilla Grodd and I have plans for that guy.”

As for Jimmy Olsen, he became one of the revelation characters of Supermanwhich will have a sequel, we last saw him trying to gather information on Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) from his confidential informant, Eve Teschmacher (Sara Sampaio), dodging her romantic advances in the process. At the moment it is not clear whether other characters from the film will appear in the series to some extent, but it already seems excluded that, among these, there could be Clark Kent and Lois Lane (David Corenswet e Rachel Brosnahan). If confirmed, DC Crime it would be the third series from DC Studios (formerly DC Films) based on a previous film and would follow Peacemaker e The Penguin.