Overview
- HBO Max officially greenlit an eight‑episode straight‑to‑series order that was announced Friday and titled The People v. Gorilla Grodd.
- The show is presented as an in‑universe Daily Planet documentary in which Jimmy Olsen reopens the conviction of Gorilla Grodd to investigate whether the telepathic ape was wrongly convicted.
- Skyler Gisondo will reprise Jimmy Olsen from the 2025 Superman film and Jimmy Tatro will play Gorilla Grodd, with Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover and Wendell Pierce among the returning Daily Planet cast.
- American Vandal creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perreult serve as showrunners with Yacenda directing every episode, and James Gunn and Peter Safran executive producing while Warner Bros. Television produces for HBO Max.
- No production start date or release window has been announced yet, and the series is positioned as a lighter, comedy‑driven experiment that expands DC Studios' television slate following the recent Lanterns rollout.