DC’s New Gorilla Grodd Show Is a Jimmy Olsen True-Crime Mockumentary
DC’s new HBO Max comedy follows Jimmy Olsen as he reopens Gorilla Grodd’s murder case. Here is the cast, premise, format, and what the announcement still leaves unknown.
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The People v. Gorilla Grodd
An HBO Max DC comedy follows Jimmy Olsen as he investigates whether Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted of murder.
- Network
- HBO Max
- Status
- Upcoming
Series details
Overview
The People v. Gorilla Grodd is an eight-episode HBO Max half-hour comedy from DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television. Skyler Gisondo returns as Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen, who reopens the murder case of Gorilla Grodd, a superintelligent ape convicted of killing his father, the King of Gorilla City. Jimmy Tatro plays Grodd, with Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover, and Wendell Pierce returning as Daily Planet staffers from Superman. American Vandal creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault serve as writers and showrunners, with Yacenda directing.
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