SyFy greenlights Krypton series

[Kevin Hamilton]

www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/syfy-greenlights-superman-prequel-krypton-series

SYFY GREENLIGHTS SUPERMAN PREQUEL KRYPTON TO PILOT

-- Origin Story Based on the DC Comics Characters Is From Executive Producer David S. Goyer and Warner Horizon Television –



Syfy today announced it has greenlit to pilot KRYPTON, the much-anticipated Superman prequel set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. KRYPTON will follow Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

KRYPTON will be executive produced by David S. Goyer (“Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy) through his Phantom Four banner. Damian Kindler (“Sleepy Hollow”) will serve as executive producer/showrunner; Colm McCarthy (“She Who Brings Gifts,” “Peaky Blinders”) is set to direct and co-executive produce the pilot. The pilot teleplay and story is written by David S. Goyer & Ian Goldberg (“Once Upon a Time,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”). KRYPTON will be produced by Warner Horizon Television and is based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics.

I'm one of the biggest Superman guys there is, but I DO NOT care about Krypton two generations before Kal El. I can't think I'm alone in that.

[Milkman Norm]

I can't wait for the Batman series about the young Thomas Wayne and Bruce's Grandpa.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

why do I have a feeling they'll do a lot of stupid coincidental shit...

or that Kal's grandfather is the real one that notices the explosion... but no one believes him... yet he doesn't do anything...

or just try and be cute with future events... like grandpappy Zod being his buddy...

Then again whatever they do... I'm not really interested ... I may check it out... but in the comics Krypton wasn't particularly interesting until it went boom

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

May 9, 2016 20:13:59 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

I can't wait for the Batman series about the young Thomas Wayne and Bruce's Grandpa.

Well... Gotham is kinda the version of this with Batman.

[Milkman Norm]

Right. Krypton was a device. They're needed to be a place from Kal-El to come from. And we know it's going to be a lot what you just said, retconning major events from the Superman universe to back date them to this series because other wise why would anyone care. How long can you make a stable scientific utopia interesting in a TV show?

[Milkman Norm]

May 9, 2016 20:14:52 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

May 9, 2016 20:13:59 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

I can't wait for the Batman series about the young Thomas Wayne and Bruce's Grandpa.

Well... Gotham is kinda the version of this with Batman.

But with Bruce after Thomas and Martha were murdered. This would be about his father as a boy being very rich and nothing bad happening to the Wayne family in thriving wealthy Gotham City where crime is minimal because the cities economy is so good.

[Capt Lunatic]

Because the most interesting part of any story is ALWAYS the prologue right...right?

Can't wait for Superman's grandfather to somehow fight a young Lex Luthor.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

May 9, 2016 20:26:24 GMT -5 Capt Lunatic said:

Because the most interesting part of any story is ALWAYS the prologue right...right?

Can't wait for Superman's grandfather to somehow fight a young Lex Luthor.

Lex Luthor's great grandaddy the first Astronaut to an inhabited planet...

at the end he is sent back to earth and his memory is wiped.

I fully expect something like that Zod thing I mentioned earlier... a reference to Maxima... maybe a green lantern corps name drop... Braniac being like the computer system (which well was done pretty well in TAS but still)

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Someone needs to be saying "KRYPTON IS DOOMED" every episode or I won't watch.


......nah, j/k, I probably won't watch this show either.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Well, I guess it couldn't be any cornier than Jor El visiting Earth like on Smallville.

I really liked that show, but there were some elements that just made me grit my teeth.

[Kevin Hamilton]

May 9, 2016 20:32:20 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Someone needs to be saying "KRYPTON IS DOOMED" every episode or I won't watch.


......nah, j/k, I probably won't watch this show either.

If there was a Kryptonian Crazy Ralph, THAT I would tune in for

[Big DSR Energy]

Nope, don't care. The tiny bit of Krypton we got in Superman: The Movie is really ALL I need of that place.

[Tom Turkey]

May 9, 2016 20:32:20 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Someone needs to be saying "KRYPTON IS DOOMED" every episode or I won't watch.


......nah, j/k, I probably won't watch this show either.

The series finale needs to have this character loudly declaring "I TOLD YOU SO!" repeatedly before getting struck down by a meteor.

[Kevin Hamilton]

May 9, 2016 21:03:37 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

May 9, 2016 20:32:20 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Someone needs to be saying "KRYPTON IS DOOMED" every episode or I won't watch.


......nah, j/k, I probably won't watch this show either.

The series finale needs to have this character loudly declaring "I TOLD YOU SO!" repeatedly before getting struck down by a meteor.

I read that like he was getting repeatedly struck by the meteor.

BAM!

"Dammit!"

BAM!

"Ouch!"

BAM!

"Why hasn't this killed me yet?!"

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May 9, 2016 20:34:14 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

Well, I guess it couldn't be any cornier than Jor El visiting Earth like on Smallville.

I really liked that show, but there were some elements that just made me grit my teeth.

Technically a clone , not that I am condoning the wackyness of that story but I enjoyed the explanation.

[Kevin Hamilton]

May 9, 2016 21:11:21 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

May 9, 2016 20:34:14 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

Well, I guess it couldn't be any cornier than Jor El visiting Earth like on Smallville.

I really liked that show, but there were some elements that just made me grit my teeth.

Technically a clone , not that I am condoning the wackyness of that story but I enjoyed the explanation.

It's been a while since I've watched the series haha. I just put up with a lot of the whole 'Traveler, Lana's a witch,' whatever silliness haha.

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May 9, 2016 21:12:42 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

May 9, 2016 21:11:21 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Technically a clone , not that I am condoning the wackyness of that story but I enjoyed the explanation.

It's been a while since I've watched the series haha. I just put up with a lot of the whole 'Traveler, Lana's a witch,' whatever silliness haha.

I love the series for the most part still my favourite DC show of all time.

The damn Clana stuff that dragged on way too long
Season 4

Were the really bad points IMO...I did enjoy the Traveler story because it ended giving us Lex embracing his full heel turn which was amazing.

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I've known of this thing for some time now and yeah, I don't see how on earth you could wring anything interesting out of this.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

May 9, 2016 21:41:10 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I've known of this thing for some time now and yeah, I don't see how on earth you could wring anything interesting out of this.

Yeah, the pilot was announced I think around the same time as Gotham.

But it was only picked up recently.

[BorneAgain]

Are we just going to have location based prequels set during the uninteresting period for all the major DC heroes?

"Shades of Graysons" where we follow a young Robin and his family enduring the trials and tribulations of circus life.

"Us and Themyscira" which follows a Young Wonder Woman learning diplomacy and her quest to impress Hippolyta.

"As Right as Rayner" with a young Kyle Rayner juggling his career as a graphic artist and hobbies in North Hollywood.