Production footage from the DC Studios series The People v. Gorilla Grodd surfaced on September 9, 2026, during location filming at Georgia Institute of Technology. The eight-part true crime mockumentary follows Daily Planet reporter Jimmy Olsen, played by Skyler Gisondo, as he examines whether Gorilla Grodd suffered wrongful imprisonment for the death of King Grodd.
Filming captures musical performances at Georgia Institute of Technology
On-set recordings document the title character attending Metropolis University and completing graduation ceremonies dressed in a traditional academic cap and gown. During one campus sequence, the costumed performer joins an a cappella group before serenading an onlooker with the Backstreet Boys track As Long as You Love Me, while separate takes feature Jimmy Tatro performing Party Rock Anthem. The project comes from the creative team behind American Vandal.
Filming remains underway.
Production combines practical suit performers and facial motion capture
Jimmy Tatro voices Gorilla Grodd while facial tracking equipment captures his expressions for digital enhancement in post-production. A stand-in actor wore a practical ape costume across the Atlanta campus to guide lighting and camera framing before computer artists replace the physical suit.
- Beck Bennett portrays Steve Lombard
- Mikaela Hoover portrays Cat Grant
- Wendell Pierce portrays Perry White
- Dan Perrault joins the supporting ensemble
- Eduardo Franco takes an unannounced role
The production also enlisted Mary Holland and Arian Moayed for the eight-episode narrative. Bennett, Hoover, and Pierce reprise roles originating in the feature film Superman directed by James Gunn. Their presence links the courthouse storyline directly to the Daily Planet newsroom operations.
Storyline expands fictional history created for DC Studios
The narrative frames Grodd as a disgraced academic accused of killing King Grodd before entering maximum security confinement. Olsen conducts on-camera interviews across collegiate grounds to reconstruct the timeline preceding the arrest.
The plot questions the official verdict.
Comic book villain dates back to Silver Age origins
Writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino introduced Gorilla Grodd in The Flash issue 106 in May 1959. DC Comics developed the figure as an intelligent primate endowed with telepathy, telekinesis, superhuman strength, and enhanced physical speed. The character previously ranked 35th among all-time comic book villains in editorial retrospectives.
King Grodd serves as the victim in the dramatized murder probe. Series producers have scheduled no formal broadcast date for the finished episodes.
