HBO Max has officially greenlit The People v. Gorilla Grodd, an eight-episode mockumentary series for the streaming platform. The show centers on Daily Planet journalist Jimmy Olsen, portrayed by Skyler Gisondo, who directs and stars in a true-crime documentary examining whether Gorilla Grodd, a superintelligent ape and occasional Superman adversary, was unjustly convicted in connection with one of Metropolis’s most high-profile murder cases.
Jimmy Tatro takes on the role of Grodd, while Gisondo is joined by fellow cast members from the 2025 film Superman, including Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant, and Wendell Pierce as Perry White. The ensemble also features Mary Holland, Eduardo Franco, Arian Moayed, Dan Perrault, Andrew Leeds, and Tim Baltz. The series marks a departure in tone from HBO Max’s current DC Studios offering, emphasizing comedy and mockumentary elements rather than dramatic storytelling.
The project originates from showrunners Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, both known for creating American Vandal on Netflix. Yacenda is set to direct all episodes while serving as executive producer alongside Perrault, DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, with Warner Bros. Television as the production studio. The creators envision the series as an artifact of the DC Universe fictional world rather than a traditional entry into the franchise, designed to appeal simultaneously to comic book enthusiasts, comedy audiences, and true-crime documentary fans.
The series announcement arrives following positive reception for Lanterns, another DC Studios series that premiered earlier this month on HBO Max, which maintains a significantly more serious narrative approach compared to the comedic direction of The People v. Gorilla Grodd.
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