HBO Max confirms cast for Gorilla Grodd mockumentary series
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HBO Max has officially confirmed casting and full crew details for its DC Studios mockumentary series "The People v. Gorilla Grodd," alongside a raft of newly announced supporting cast members. Skyler Gisondo reprises Jimmy Olsen from 2025's "Superman," while Jimmy Tatro is now formally set as Gorilla Grodd, with the streamer commissioning eight episodes. The project stands out as a distinctly comedic entry in the DC Universe, with showrunners describing it as feeling like "an artifact" from that world rather than a conventional franchise instalment.
The series follows Olsen producing a true-crime docuseries investigating whether Grodd was wrongly convicted of murdering his father, the King of Gorilla City. Newly confirmed cast include fellow "Superman" actors Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover and Wendell Pierce, plus Mary Holland, Eduardo Franco, Arian Moayed, Andrew Leeds and Tim Baltz. "American Vandal" creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault write, executive produce and showrun, with Yacenda directing all eight episodes and Perrault also joining the cast; James Gunn, Peter Safran and HBO's Amy Gravitt are among those backing the project.
- HBO Max confirms full cast for "The People v. Gorilla Grodd"
- Gisondo and Tatro lead eight-episode DC mockumentary series
- "American Vandal" duo Yacenda and Perrault showrun and direct
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Gorilla Grodd is a longstanding DC Comics villain, usually a super-intelligent, telepathic gorilla from the hidden Gorilla City, best known as an enemy of the Flash. This new HBO Max series reimagines him as the subject of a mockumentary, presenting the show as a fake true-crime investigation into whether he was wrongly convicted of killing his father, the king of Gorilla City.
The project sits within DC Studios' shared screen universe, currently overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran, which relaunched with 2025's "Superman" film. Skyler Gisondo reprises his role from that film as Jimmy Olsen, a Daily Planet photographer and supporting Superman character, who here becomes the documentary's in-story producer investigating Grodd's case. Jimmy Tatro plays Grodd, with several other "Superman" cast members also returning.
The series is created by Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, the team behind the mockumentary comedy "American Vandal," which is significant because it signals a deliberately comedic, offbeat tone rather than a straightforward superhero drama. It matters as an early test of how far DC Studios is willing to stretch its new cinematic universe into different genres and formats on streaming.
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- Deadline — HBO Max’s Jimmy Olsen & Gorilla Grodd ‘Superman’ Spinoff Series Gets Series Order & Title, Reveals Cast
- The Hollywood Reporter — HBO Max Officially Orders Jimmy Olsen Series, ‘The People v. Gorilla Grodd’
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Originally published by Variety as “DC’s ‘People v. Gorilla Grodd’ Mockumentary Series Set at HBO Max, Skyler Gisondo and Jimmy Tatro to Star”.