The DC Studios universe is expanding rapidly. The franchise recently added a new project to its already prolific slate: a Jimmy Olsen television series, at the time called Crime in Washington DC. The series will star Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s sidekick, as he, alongside the Daily Planet team (sans Lois Lane and Clark Kent), investigates various DCU villains.
Jimmy Olsen’s autonomous vehicle has sparked both excitement and curiosity among fans. It is a fictional true-crime style documentary series developed by Netflix creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda. American Vandalthe series promises to be a unique comic book adaptation. Now, an interesting development has occurred, as James Gunn has revealed that the reported title of the series is not accurate.
Reply to threads a message from Deadline reporting on the show, director revealed that a series named Crime in Washington DC never existed:
“Just for the record, there was never a project called ‘DC Crime’ in development, not even as a working title. I don’t know where that came from, but it’s weird.” To avoid any confusion, the director followed up this response by stating that the report on the show itself was not false, “And no, that doesn’t mean everything else about the story is false.”
So the series itself is real, but it doesn’t have a title Crime in Washington DC. This was corroborated when a Threads user request Gunn if the show itself was fake, or just the title. The director simply replied: “Title.”
Replying to another fan, the Superman director revealed that the reason he clarified this was because people in real life had mentioned Crime in Washington DC to him, which disturbed him: “The story was from five days ago, and a few people came up to me IRL and said, ‘I can’t wait to see Crime in Washington DC“I was confused to say the least!”
The reported structure of the series presents an interesting storytelling opportunity for DC Studios. By The Hollywood Reporterthe show will be a documentary-style series focusing on Jimmy Olsen investigating different villains in the DC Universe. The first season of the series is expected to focus on Flash villain Gorilla Grodd.
By exploring different villains from the DC Universe, the series can quickly expand the DCU’s villain population without needing different multi-million dollar superhero films to establish them over the course of many years. That’s not to say there’s anything negative about the slow growth of a franchise. It’s just a curious strategy that can allow DC Studios to populate its franchise relatively quickly. Of course, this depends on how successful the series is once released.
Although Jimmy Olsen’s series does not yet have a release date, the character will likely return in The man of tomorrow. The film arrives in theaters on July 9, 2027.
What do you think about the Jimmy Olsen series not being DC Crime? What would you like it to be called? Leave your thoughts in the comments!
