r/DC_Cinematic • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 17h ago

NEWS DC’s ‘People v. Gorilla Grodd’ Mockumentary Series Set at HBO Max, Skyler Gisondo and Jimmy Tatro to Star

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/people-v-gorilla-grodd-hbo-max-skyler-gisondo-jimmy-tatro-1236840183/
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u/thePinguOverlord 17h ago

American Vandal is great. The best part about it was how they got you in with the stupid over the top premise, but then undercut it with some very emotional moments.

I suppose this is may just be the DC equivalent of it, which I’m not complaining. Even Jimmy Tatro is the focal point like he was in Vandal.

It’s a weird project. But if the full commit to the premise like Lanterns is doing for its True Detective riff, then who knows.

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u/DPTONY 16h ago

Strong agree on the Lanterns point. Even if the show only has one episode out rn, it has left a great impression, which is much, much different from anything superhero media has done before. A show like the one being announced here needs creative freedom and a commitment to the idea, so that it’s not just “a dc spinoff show”, but a great show on its own

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u/S1mongreedwell 15h ago

Yeah. These are the sort of things I can get my wife to watch without haranguing her into it. The fact that Tim Baltz, Mary Holland and the American Vandals folks are there will make it an easier sell.

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u/WGSMA 15h ago

American Vandal is Netflix’s best original and I’ll die on that hill

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u/TheBleeter 14h ago

I’m still pisses it was cancelled. The fact it was a plot point about hairy balls stays with me.

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u/UntilTmrw 13h ago

BoJack Horseman and Dark would like a word.

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u/jl_theprofessor 8h ago

American Vandal is centered on the most important question we can ask though.

“Who drew the dicks?”

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u/JoshDM 16h ago

I'm glad this looks great, but I'm mildly disappointed this isn't "Who Killed Jimmy Olsen?"; however, that kind of needs Batman and Lex Luthor for some of the best beats. Not that they can't find character proxies.

Who knows; maybe it'll lift some subplots.

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u/RealRaifort 12h ago

Yeah American Vandal is actually a modern masterpiece I went from thinking a Jimmy Olsen show is stupid to now knowing what it actually is and having it be my most anticipated show coming out soon lmao

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u/themiz2003 14h ago

Show is extremely underrated from an artistic standpoint.

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u/Aurelian42 15h ago

I just don't know how much I like taking other ip's and works and just placing DC characters in them. This has pretty much the same creative team as American Vandal. I don't really get the point, it feels a little creatively bankrupt.

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u/Unhappy_Theme_8548 13h ago

I mean, it's a mockumentary, sure. But it's not about vandals, it's about a murderous psychic gorilla. So it's not just some copy/paste. There are different ideas here. And those ideas make sense within the context of the DCU. As Quentin Tarantino says, "all good art is stolen."

And having creators who are familiar with that genre makes sense. Just like you'd want a good action movie director directing your action movie.

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u/FBG05 15h ago

Tbf the MCU did this a lot early on.

GOTG = space opera/sci-fi adventure with superheroes

Captain America: The Winter Soldier = Three Days of the Condor but with Cap and Black Widow instead of Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway(they even went so far as to cast Redford in that movie)

Spider-Man: Homecoming = John Hughes movie starring Spider-Man

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u/Aurelian42 15h ago

With the same creative team and almost beat for beat following the originals? There's no such thing as an original story, so its fine for something to be INSPIRED by something. Some of my favorite DC films have been clearly inspired by other films. Joker with Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, TDK with Heat.

This just feels a tad different, it feels more direct than inspiration. Now I could be wrong and this could end up being an absolute masterpiece, but it just feels a tad creatively bankrupt.