'It's One of My Favorite Projects' — James Gunn Describes the Jimmy Olsen HBO Series as 'Both a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd Show,' Insists It's Never Been Called DC Crime

The upcoming DC Universe HBO TV series starring Jimmy Olsen from last 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 show — as he described it — starts shooting this year. That news sparked questions about the nature of the Jimmy Olsen show DC Studios was thought to be working on. But based on Gunn’s comments, it’s as much about the supervillain as it is about the Daily Planet photojournalist. “It's both a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd show. And it's one of my favorite projects. We start filming soon,” Gunn said in a post on Threads. Jimmy Olsen, played by Skyler Gisondo, was one of the breakout characters in last year’s Superman and was immediately tipped for a spinoff. Gorilla Grodd, meanwhile, debuted in The Flash #106 back in May 1959. He is a super-intelligent ape who possesses super strength and speed as well as the powers of telepathy and telekinesis. Late last year, it was reported that DC Studios and HBO Max were developing a fictional true crime series set in the DCU called DC Crime. According to Variety, it would look and feel like a true cri