As Superman continues to soar at the box office and lay a solid foundation for DC Studios, the powers that be are wasting no time in building on its success. A recent report by the Wall Street Journal revealed plans for a pair of projects that would spin out of Superman, one starring Edi Gathegi‘s Mister Terrific and the other starring Skyler Gisondo‘s Jimmy Olsen. Now, a new report has provided some potential details about the latter.
According to DCU Leaks, DC Studios is developing the Olsen series as an anthology that would feature the character as he investigates supervillains for the Daily Planet.
Should the series move forward, it would provide the opportunity to introduce a number of villains from Superman’s rogues’ gallery. While it’s unlikely that any of Superman’s arch villains would appear, Metropolis-based baddies such as Livewire, Toyman and The Prankster or crime lords such as Bruno Mannheim and Tobias Whale.
First appearing as an unnamed office boy in Action Comics #6 (1938), Jimmy was given his name and a more significant role in the Adventures of Superman radio serial in 1940. He made his comic book debut as “Jimmy” in Superman #13 (1941). In 1954, he even got his own comic series, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, which ran for 222 issues until 1982. The character has appeared in multiple Superman-related projects in different mediums over the years. Actors such as Marc McClure, Aaron Ashmore, Mehcad Brooks and Michael Cassidy have all added their own touches to the character with some straying pretty far from the nature of Olsen in the comics.
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