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- 0:00Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
- 0:03Speaker 2: Superhero stories have been squeezed and molded into just about
- 0:06Speaker 2: every genre of film and TV over time. Action, comedy, drama,
- 0:08Speaker 2: even horror. But this new Superman spinoff will fit it
- 0:11Speaker 2: into something we have not seen before. It's a mockumentary.
- 0:14Speaker 3: Yet the People vs. Gorilla Grodd will be a faux
- 0:18Speaker 3: true crime docuseries where Clark Kent's co-worker, The Daily Planet's
- 0:22Speaker 3: Jimmy Olsen, investigates one of Metropolis's most sensational trials.
- 0:26Speaker 4: In which Gorilla Grodd, who's literally a genius ape with
- 0:29Speaker 4: psychic powers thanks to some aliens, was convicted of murdering
- 0:32Speaker 4: his own dad, King Grodd.
- 0:34Speaker 2: But as Jimmy deep dives, he begins to wonder, did
- 0:36Speaker 2: he really do it? Jimmy will again be played by
- 0:38Speaker 2: Skylar Gazando, who was a fan fave in Superman, and
- 0:42Speaker 2: many other actors from the movie are also on board.
- 0:44Speaker 3: Though Gorilla Grodd will be portrayed by Jimmy Tetreault, who's
- 0:48Speaker 3: new to the DC universe, but who the showrunners are
- 0:51Speaker 3: very familiar with.
- 0:52Speaker 4: Yeah, he actually stole the show in another hilarious mockumentary
- 0:56Speaker 4: that they made, Netflix's American Vandal.
- 0:59Speaker 2: That's right. Look for The People vs. Gorilla Grodd on
- 1:02Speaker 2: HBO Max.
- 1:03Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.