{"id":751422,"date":"2026-07-08T23:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751422\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:25:09","slug":"jimmy-tatro-circling-role-in-jimmy-olsen-superman-spinoff-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751422\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Tatro Circling Role In Jimmy Olsen \u2018Superman\u2019 Spinoff Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jimmy-tatro\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-tatro\" data-tag=\"jimmy-tatro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Tatro<\/a> is in talks to join the live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/11\/superman-spinoff-series-jimmy-olsen-dc-crime-1236613324\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/superman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_superman\" data-tag=\"superman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superman<\/a> spinoff series <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dc-crime\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dc-crime\" data-tag=\"dc-crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Crime<\/a><\/a> in the role of Gorilla Grodd, sources close to production tell Deadline. The news arrives before the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jimmy-olsen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-olsen\" data-tag=\"jimmy-olsen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Olsen<\/a> series has officially received a greenlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDC describes the character as \u201ca hyper-intelligent telepathic ape who has sought to rule both the simian and human worlds, though the Flash has frequently thwarted his plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHBO Max and DCS declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDC Crime is billed as being akin to a true-crime docuseries with Jimmy Olsen from\u00a0Superman\u00a0hosting (played by Skyler Gisondo in the summer blockbuster directed by James Gunn). Season 1 reportedly will be centered around DC bad guy Gorilla Grodd, who often wrestles The Flash. Grodd had psychic powers and other skills after his encounter with an alien spaceship. The character was created in 1959 and has even starred in the former DC\u2019s\u00a0Arrow-verse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/tv-cancellations-2026-photo-gallery-2\/\" data-type=\"pmc-gallery\" data-id=\"1236660389\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Series Ending This Year &amp; Beyond<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDC Crime\u00a0comes from Tony Yacenda\u00a0and\u00a0Dan Perrault,\u00a0creators of Netflix\u2019s\u00a0American Vandal\u00a0series, a true-crime satire series that ran from 2017-18 . They\u2019ll write, executive produce and showrun the series. DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran are EPs with Galen Vaisman overseeing production. Warner Bros. Television is also producing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTatro was most recently seen in\u00a0Scream 7, from Kevin Williamson and Paramount Pictures. His credits include Netflix\u2019s\u00a0American Vandal, streaming series\u00a0The Real Bros of Simi Valley and ABC\u2019s\u00a0Modern Family\u00a0and\u00a0Home Economics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/feature\/2026-tv-premiere-dates-1236391902\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236391902\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Premiere Dates For New &amp; Returning Series On Broadcast, Streaming &amp; Cable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Tatro is in talks to join the live-action Superman spinoff series DC Crime in the role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[51228,88,150135,228140,209,92],"class_list":["post-751422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-dc-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-olsen","tag-jimmy-tatro","tag-superman","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}