Overview
- HBO Max officially gave a straight-to-series order for eight half-hour episodes of The People v. Gorilla Grodd on Friday, August 21, 2026, confirming the project's title, full cast, and creative team.
- Tony Yacenda and Dan Perreult — creators of American Vandal — will serve as showrunners, writers, and executive producers, with Yacenda directing all eight episodes and James Gunn and Peter Safran listed as executive producers.
- Skyler Gisondo will reprise Jimmy Olsen and Jimmy Tatro will play Gorilla Grodd, joined by several actors who returned from the 2025 Superman film, including Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover, and Wendell Pierce.
- The series is framed in official materials as an in-universe, mockumentary-style true-crime docuseries in which Jimmy Olsen reopens the conviction of a superintelligent ape accused of murdering the King of Gorilla City.
- Production timing and a premiere date have not been announced, and promotional materials include a faux Daily Planet press release that makes a sensational allegation about Grodd’s crime, reflecting the show’s in-world marketing approach.