DC's television shows have been a hit with audiences in a big way. You've got Arrow, Flash, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow on The CW, you've got Gotham on FOX, and Supergirl over at CBS. Now the SyFy channel is getting in on the action with Krypton, a television series that takes place on the planet Krypton and follows the House of El two generations before the Man of Steel was born. During this time period, the House of El has been "ostracized and shamed" of it's home planet, and the grandfather of Kal El must fight to redeem his family's honor, while trying to protect the planet from an unknown new enemy.
The show's executive producer and showrunner will be Damian Kindler (Sleepy Hollow)Colm McCarthy will direct the pilot episode, and David Goyer (who wrote the original script for the pilot) will be rewriting it along with Kindler. It was mentioned that Goyer is one of the hottest assets that WB and DC have at the moment. He's the writer behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which helped DC launch their own expanded universe for film, which will lead up to the much anticipated Justice League movies.
Anything that involves Superman on the smaller screen seems to gather an audience. Smallville, which aired on the WB/CW network, last ten seasons, and was one of the network's most viewed programs. CBS now has Supergirl, while it struggled through it's first half of the season, seems to have found it's voice and is pulling in larger audiences. It was recently renewed for a second season.
So what do you think? Is this something that you're looking forward to seeing? I have to admit, my favorite part of Man of Steel was when it was taking place on Krypton. Russell Crowe even had shown interest at one point in doing a Krypton movie that would've taken place before Man of Steel.
No word pn when this will air, but I'll let you all know as soon as I find out.
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