Jimmy Tatro In Talks For Gorilla Grodd in JIMMY OLSEN's SUPERMAN Spinoff Series DC CRIME

Jimmy Tatro (American Vandal, Scream 7) is in talks to join the live-action Superman spinoff series DC Crime (working title) in the role of Gorilla Grodd.

DC describes the character as “a hyper-intelligent telepathic ape who has sought to rule both the simian and human worlds, though the Flash has frequently thwarted his plans.”

DC Crime is billed as being akin to a true-crime docuseries with Jimmy Olsen from Superman hosting (played by Skyler Gisondo in the summer blockbuster directed by James Gunn). Season 1 reportedly will be centered around DC bad guy Gorilla Grodd, who often wrestles The Flash.

Grodd had psychic powers and other skills after his encounter with an alien spaceship. The character was created in 1959 and has even starred in the former DC’s Arrow-verse.

DC Crime comes from Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, creators of Netflix’s American Vandal series, a true-crime satire series that ran from 2017-18 .

They’ll write, executive produce and showrun the series. DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran are EPs with Galen Vaisman overseeing production.

via: Deadline