Goyer attached to 'Krypton' TV Show

[DebkoX]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/10/...-name-krypton/

This is simply amazing! A Superman-Esque TV Show?!

[nightrider]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/10/...-name-krypton/

This is simply amazing! A Superman-Esque TV Show?!

Yes yes yes, I want exploits of Jor El, I wanna see a whole side of Krypton preferably on cable tv.
I can't wait for it.

[DebkoX]

Rumour on Twitter is that FOX is behind it.

[nightrider]

Rumour on Twitter is that FOX is behind it.

How can fox be behind this?
As in, Fox ordered a pilot from wb?

[DebkoX]

How can fox be behind this?
As in, Fox ordered a pilot from wb?

I believe so, well this is according to Superheroreport, and its only a idea.

[Kid A]

[neonrideraryeh]

With so many great superheroes to make shows for, why do they keep doing the whole "before the superhero even shows up" thing. I'm waiting for the school that Black Lightning works at before they hired Black Lightning, Paradise Island starring Hippolyta who really wants to have a kid and other such "prequels". I'd rather they just have flashbacks in Supergirl of teenage Kara on Krypton.

[daBronzeBomma]

Goshdarnitall, I was all set to make a complementary thread to my old "Could a METROPOLIS tv series work" regarding this exact possibility.

Well, screw it: may as well start it here.

Could a KRYPTON television series work?

My answer: Yes ... But.

Yes it could work, But now is soooo NOT the right time to begin working on it. For a couple of reasons.

#1) Market saturation is real. In addition to Henry Cavill's MAN OF STEEL/BATMAN V SUPERMAN/JUSTICE LEAGUE/ JUSTICE LEAGUE 2/MAN OF STEEL 2 movieverse from WB (2013 - 2019?), we are also getting SUPERGIRL from CBS next year (2015 - ). Doing a KRYPTON television series at this time would seem to be tapping the Superverse too much too soon.

#2) DC is more than Superman and Batman, and there is a bit of the zero-sum pool going on here. The time, money and effort being put into this rumored project could go toward much more neglected intellectual properties, like say (deep breath):

DOOM PATROL or
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES or
ETRIGAN THE DEMON or
VIXEN or
BLUE (BEETLE) & (BOOSTER) GOLD or
MARTIAN MANHUNTER or
STATIC SHOCK or
HAWKWORLD or
THE ATOM or even
PLASTIC MAN!

#3) The timing for this project could be so much better in the future. The concept is fantastic enough that I think a KRYPTON tv series done right could be awesome, but I don't want it to get lost in the shuffle. Maybe after the DCCU Superman and SUPERGIRL tv series finish their runs. Maybe in 2023?

#4) You can forget about Russell Crowe donning Jor-El's suit again. He ain't coming to TV.

#5) Before we all lose our minds one way or the other, let's all remember this is JUST A REPORTED RUMOR at this point, with no concrete anything to it. More than likely, it'll not get green-lit for a very long while.

[KurtW95]

Goyer? Pass.

[DebkoX]

I strongly doubt it will be the movie-verse, simply as the effects are too grand for TV.

[ssupes]

Man this sounds awesome. I loved the world of krypton story dc did in the new 52 so a story with jor el and lara on krypton could be more awesome, I mean stories involving krypton are often the best superman stories so this could be way better show than smallville (although that wouldn't be hard).

[Jim Kelly]

It would probably be good for Fox paired with GOTHAM.

I'm worried about the whole dystopian angle. For Superman to work, I need to feel bad for him. But if it turns out that Krypton was a hell hole, then it's probably a good thing it was destroyed and it's better for Kal-El to be out of there. So what's there to feel bad about? Why should we care what happens to Krypton--we know that everybody dies (or most of them)--so the worse it is on Krypton the less is at stake.

At least with GOTHAM it isn't the whole planet and there are a few redemptive characters. But if Gordon turns out to be just as corrupt and the Waynes turn out to be just as bad as the criminals, then I don't have anyone to root for. If Bruce was in an abusive home with a criminal family, then it's probably a good thing his parents were plugged, so he could end up with a nice father like Alfred.

The more they try to make these environments mean and horrible, the more they chip away at any sense of contrast between good and evil. I don't want to read comics or watch TV shows about ethical relativism.

[krazijoe]

Not a fan of Krypton...I don't care about a Dying planet that has no basis in the DC Universe. It's GONE and is not a part of anything except for Superman and the people from Krypton that keep popping up. I, for one, will not be watching.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

So a Gotham but for Superman? I am in, DC can do wrong with TV atm.

[ComA]

I am all in. Its a prequel no different from Smallville. People knew at the end of Smallville Clark would become Superman. Krypton has more to tell than a Dying planet, the people and the culture.