Krypton Hits CW Seed
With a new Superman show arriving on The CW this week, the network is also dusting off a recent man-of-steel adjacent show on their free streaming service CW Seed. Krypton is the late, lamented show originally developed for SYFY taking fans to the birth planet of Kal-El where his grandfather, Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) is confronted by a time travelling Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) who warns him that saving Krypton will mean the destruction of Earth. The show featured cool takes on many Superman heavyweights, suchs as Zod, Brainiac, Lobo and Doomsday.
The show was cancelled after its second season, but both seasons are now free-to-watch on CW Seed.
WandaVision TV Set Ad with Jimmy Woo
The social campaign for WandaVision has unveiled their latest magazine ad for a TV set. This one features Randall Park as FBI stud Jimmy Woo. Like all prior ads, the tagline here touts the "signal," calling it a "signal so clear there is no competition." The screen of the set, once again, Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). New episodes or WandaVision air Fridays on Disney+.
Department of Truth Series in Development
Film and television rights for the Image Comics title, The Department of Truth have purchased by the production shingle Sister, according to an article from The Hollywood Reporter. in 2021. James Tynion IV, writer and co-creator of the comics, is writing the script for a planned TV series. Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Feathers of Sister are producing. Sister has produced many recent series including the lauded Chernobyl. Tynion and Martin Simmonds (artist/co-creator of the series) are executive producers.
Image provides this synopsis for the comic: "Cole Turner has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK assassination to flat Earth theory and reptilian shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth?"
