Jimmy Tatro has officially landed the role of Gorilla Grodd in the upcoming Superman spinoff series centered on Jimmy Olsen, according to a new Deadline exclusive. The casting confirmation comes one week after reports first surfaced that Tatro was in talks for the part, and it arrives with one notable asterisk: HBO Max has still not officially greenlit the series.
The project is billed as a true-crime-style docuseries set inside the DC Universe, with Jimmy Olsen hosting. Skyler Gisondo, who played the Daily Planet photographer in James Gunn’s Superman, is expected to reprise the role. Season 1 will reportedly center on Grodd, the hyper-intelligent telepathic ape and longtime Flash villain who first appeared in the pages of The Flash back in 1959.
An American Vandal Reunion
The creative team behind the series makes the Tatro casting feel almost inevitable. Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, the duo behind Netflix’s true-crime satire American Vandal, will write, executive produce, and showrun the show. Tatro starred in American Vandal as Dylan Maxwell, the burnout at the center of that series’ fake investigation, so this reunites the actor with the creators who helped launch his television career.
James Gunn and Peter Safran are executive producing for DC Studios, with Galen Vaisman overseeing production and Warner Bros. Television serving as the studio.
The casting also confirms the tone. Recent reports have described the project as a mockumentary conceived by Gunn alongside the showrunners, with insiders comparing it to a superhero take on Spinal Tap. Putting a comedic actor like Tatro inside DC’s most fearsome psychic gorilla tells you exactly what register this show is aiming for.
What About the Title?
Deadline continues to refer to the project as DC Crime, but James Gunn has publicly denied that title, stating the show is not and has never been called DC Crime. For now, the series remains officially untitled.
When Could It Film?
DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran said at the Brazilian premiere of Supergirl last month that the Grodd series would begin filming later this year. Reports have pointed to production in Atlanta running from late August through October, which could position the series for a 2027 debut if it receives a formal greenlight.
Tatro’s casting caps a busy stretch for the actor. He recently appeared in Scream 7, stars alongside Will Ferrell in the upcoming Netflix golf comedy The Hawk, and will reunite with Ferrell again in the Nicholas Stoller film Judgment Day.
Sources: Deadline | Deadline (initial report) | Bleeding Cool
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