The DCU timeline simply obtained a bit clearer, though James Gunn says The Folks v. Gorilla Grodd will probably be bouncing round it fairly a bit.
After Skyler Gisondo not too long ago instructed that the upcoming DCU true-crime mockumentary The Folks v. Gorilla Grodd takes place earlier than Man of Tomorrow, Gunn stepped in to make clear precisely the place the sequence sits in DC Studios’ rising continuity.
Responding to a report on Threads, Gunn defined: “General in continuity, it is after MoT (and will not come out till then).”
So, the primary occasions of The Folks v. Gorilla Grodd occur after Man of Tomorrow, and the present gained’t be launched till after the Superman sequel arrives.
That matches with how a lot of the DCU has unfolded to this point, with new tasks typically transferring the bigger story ahead as they’re launched. There are exceptions, together with Clayface, which takes place earlier than the occasions of Superman.
The Folks v. Gorilla Grodd additionally comes with its personal timeline complication. Gunn added: “I imply it is a true crime sequence, so it jumps all over.”
The mockumentary format provides the sequence room to dig into completely different intervals of Gorilla Grodd’s life and doubtlessly present corners of DCU historical past we haven’t seen earlier than.
It may additionally clarify a few of the wild Gorilla Grodd materials noticed throughout manufacturing, together with scenes involving Grodd attending school and even singing a cappella. These moments don’t essentially inform us when the primary story takes place. They might merely be flashbacks used as a part of the present’s investigation.
The sequence follows Gisondo’s Jimmy Olsen because the Day by day Planet reporter investigates Gorilla Grodd’s 2021 conviction. Grodd was despatched to Stryker’s Island Penitentiary after being convicted of murdering his father, the King of Gorilla Metropolis.
The idea stays one of many strangest and most original concepts on the DCU Chapter One slate. Jimmy Olsen investigating a murderous super-intelligent gorilla by the lens of a true-crime documentary sounds precisely just like the sort of loopy comedian ebook swing that might make this universe plenty of enjoyable.
The present comes from Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, the creators of Netflix’s hilarious true-crime mockumentary American Vandal. Jimmy Tatro performs Gorilla Grodd, reuniting with Perrault and Yacenda after showing because the accused Dylan Maxwell within the first season of American Vandal. Tatro additionally not too long ago appeared within the bloody opening sequence of Scream 7.
Gisondo beforehand talked about returning to Jimmy Olsen after engaged on A24’s Primetime, which stars Robert Pattinson, and the way completely different these tasks have been for him.
“It is fairly a change-up,” Gisondo stated. “I really went straight from – not straight, [after Primetime] the following factor was Focker-in-Legislation… which is simply, tonally, a really completely different film.
“Now being again doing Jimmy Olsen, and [The People v. Gorilla Grodd] is sort of a mockumentary, true crime factor, so it is very Lance [Oppenheim]-adjacent, and it’s humorous.”
With the timeline query cleared up, we now know The Folks v. Gorilla Grodd belongs after Man of Tomorrow within the bigger DCU story, even when the sequence itself will probably be hopping by completely different cut-off dates.
