HBO Max confirms cast for Gorilla Grodd mockumentary series
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HBO Max has confirmed full casting and creative details for its DC Studios mockumentary series "The People v. Gorilla Grodd," an eight-episode comedy first reported in development in November 2025. Skyler Gisondo reprises his Jimmy Olsen role from 2025's "Superman" alongside Jimmy Tatro as Gorilla Grodd, with "American Vandal" creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault writing, executive producing and showrunning. The project marks an unusually comedic departure for the DC Universe, with its creators pitching it as feeling like "an artifact" from that world rather than a conventional franchise entry.
The series follows Olsen producing a true-crime docuseries reinvestigating whether Grodd, a superintelligent ape, was wrongly convicted of murdering his father, the King of Gorilla City. Supporting cast include fellow "Superman" actors Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover and Wendell Pierce, plus Mary Holland, Eduardo Franco, Arian Moayed, Andrew Leeds and Tim Baltz, with Perrault also appearing on screen. Yacenda directs all eight episodes, while James Gunn and Peter Safran executive produce alongside HBO's Amy Gravitt, and DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television produce the show for HBO Max.
- HBO Max confirms "The People v. Gorilla Grodd," eight-episode DC mockumentary
- Skyler Gisondo and Jimmy Tatro lead; "American Vandal" duo showrun
- Follows Olsen investigating Grodd's murder conviction as true crime
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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”.