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James Gunn has clarified that the previously announced HBO Max Jimmy Olsen show will also focus on the icon DC villain Gorilla Grodd.
The Superman spin-off series, which was first announced in November last year, will see Skyler Gisondo reprise his role as the Daily Planet reporter Olsen.
And now, Gunn has confirmed that the Flash villain Gorilla Grodd will co-lead the series alongside Olsen, while also revealing that production is set to kick off “soon”.
He wrote in a post on Threads: “It’s both a Jimmy Olsen AND a Gorilla Grodd show. And it’s one of my favourite projects. We start filming soon.”
In a separate post on Instagram, Gunn revealed that this approach had always been the plan.
Responding to a fan asking it it was true that the Olsen show had been turned into a Grodd show, he said: “It didn’t become anything. It is what it’s always been, including pitching it as part of the package before I even started at DC.”
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When the show was first announced last year, it was reported by Variety that the series would be a true crime-style documentary presented by Olsen, with the first season focusing on Grodd.
The publication also reported that the show would be titled DC Crime – which Gunn recently debunked on Threads.
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He wrote in separate post: “It is not and has never been called DC Crime.”
The release date for the Olsen and Grodd show is yet to be confirmed.
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