The Superman spinoff centered on Jimmy Olsen is still moving forward at DC Studios, and a new update confirms the series has not locked its official title yet.
Speaking to The Direct at SXSW, co-showrunner Dan Perrault said the creative team was still tossing around names as recently as last week.
He also made clear it won’t be called “Daily Planet” and it won’t be “Untitled Jimmy Olsen show.”
Perrault, who is attached to the project alongside Tony Yacenda, confirmed their involvement after earlier reports linked the American Vandal creators to the series.
He said the show will play in a “crime mystery comedy” lane, which fits the kind of work he and Yacenda have already built their careers on.
“It’s comfortable territory for Tony Yacenda and I. We’ve worked in this crime mystery comedy for a very long time… There’s definitely tools from that toolkit that we can apply here that I don’t think has been seen in the superhero genre thus far,” he said.
Title still not revealed
One of the bigger takeaways from the interview is that DC Studios still hasn’t settled on the final name. Perrault told The Direct the team likes multiple options but hasn’t picked one yet.
The rumored title “DC Crime” was also previously shot down by James Gunn, who said there had “never been a project titled ‘DC Crime’ in development, not even as a working title.” Gunn later clarified the series itself is real, but the rumored title was not.
A different kind of DCU show
Perrault also explained that the Jimmy Olsen series won’t feel like a standard superhero show.
According to him, the project leans into crime, mystery, and comedy, which is familiar ground for both him and Yacenda. That makes sense considering the pair created American Vandal, the acclaimed mockumentary satire that blended absurd humor with a straight-faced true-crime format.
What has been reported about the story
Earlier trade reporting said the series would be presented as a fictional true-crime docuseries hosted by Jimmy Olsen, with the first season focusing on Gorilla Grodd.
Variety also reported that Perrault and Yacenda would write, executive produce, and serve as showrunners, with James Gunn and Peter Safran executive producing for DC Studios.
