The People v. Gorilla Grodd
For 60 years, DC heroes have lit up the big screen, from the Man of Steel to the Dark Knight, but the gorilla‑king Grodd has never been part of any cinematic universe, According to variety.
“We’re excited about creating a series that feels less like a DCU entry and more like an artifact of it,” say showrunners Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault. “An original Daily Planet documentary for Metropolis fans, blending comics, comedy and true crime.”
The People v. Gorilla Grodd will be an in-universe docuseries created by Jimmy Olson, with Skyler Gisondo returning as Superman’s best friend. Olson will reexamine the murder trial of Gorilla Grodd, accused of killing his father to take control of Gorilla City, and determine whether the psychic ape was part of a larger trap.
Yacenda and Perrault, comfortable with mockumentary style, previously delivered Netflix’s cult hit American Vandal, a true‑crime satire about a teen accused of drawing penis doodles on 27 cars. Jimmy Tatro, a star of that show, will voice Grodd.
the anecdote goes That editor Julius Schwartz believed that comics with gorillas on the cover sold exponentially better, and instructed creators to introduce new apes whenever possible. Embracing their delightfully camp characters is the advantage DC stories have over Marvel. However, outside of a Memorable assassination attempt on Obama with chemical weaponsGrodd, nor the Ultra-Humanite, Solovar, Monsieur Mallah, Congorilla, Sam Simeon, Titano, Detective Chimp, Gorilla Mob Boss, Mod Gorilla Boss, Ramjam, Tiny, Mogo the Bat-Ape, Beppo the Super-Monkey, Koko or King Colosso have appeared in any of these shared cinematic universes. Even Marvel took this prize first, including the Red Ghost’s super apes in Fantastic Four: First Steps, despite cutting entire scenes with John Malkovich as the Red Ghost himself.
James Gunn, the only reason I find it difficult to discard rumors about Brother Power the Geek in the next Superman movie, says the Grodd series It was one of the first projects presented to Warner Bros by taking over its DCU. Right up there with the recent Lanterns miniseries, which may have helped loosen Grodd’s cage, and the buzz surrounding a Looney Tunes movie with a similar name just around the corner, the DCU is finally unleashing its secret weapon amid Supergirl’s box office façade and the cancellation of other spin-offs for HBO. May the hairless world shrink.