Jimmy Olsen is Getting His Own DC Show (Maybe)

I saw Superman (2025) a few times in the theater and have seen a number of reaction videos to the film.  Mostly audiences responded very well to the Jimmy Olsen stuff once they started catching on to what the movie was doing and learned that Jimmy wasn't just a generic reporter guy there to give Lois someone to talk to.  

In the run up to the release of the movie, we'd talked about our enthusiasm regarding the casting of Skyler Gisondo, who we know from a few things, but primarily The Righteous Gemstones.  And while we thought Sam Huntington was pitch perfect for 2006 Jimmy Olsen, Gisondo managed to do the thing where he both made the part totally his own while also being utterly, recognizably Jimmy Olsen to fans of the character. 

It seems fair to say that the Jimmy and Eve Tessmacher stuff was better than it had any right to be, and as a Jimmy Olsen stan (are we saying sicko now?  It seems like we're saying "sicko"), I was absolutely delighted.  It's just funny that the audience was so utterly thrown by everything Eve and Jimmy were doing.  And it warms my cold, leaden heart to know that James Gunn is continuing on his quest to make a DCU of movies based on doing whatever-the-@#$% he wants instead of worrying about selling Batman toys.  

The headline here is that on November 11th I saw some notices that, after some rumors cooking since July, Jimmy might get his own show.  

Look, no one wants a weekly show following Jimmy in and out of scrapes more than yours truly.  But if the current mode at DC is proof of anything, it's that they'll sell no wine before its time.  Gunn and Safran have already canned numerous projects that seemed to have traction, and decided to play it smart rather than standing in front of investors and promising a slate of projects, each more lucrative than the last.  We've all learned from Disney's hubris and the absolute self-own that was Diane Nelson's DCEU.  

Do I want a Jimmy show?  Yes.  Do I want it to co-star Sara Sampaio?  Also, big yes.  

Word is that, as of today, the American Vandal team is looking to produce this, which is a mixed bag for me.  Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault put out one season of a show I watched and enjoyed years ago, but I didn't finish the second season and have heard nothing from them since.  Whether they actually take this across the finish line or not is an open question as these big properties tend to change hands a few times before they land.  But maybe the pitch was just that good.

Honestly, the answer is Lord and Miller, but they're otherwise occupied.

We'll see what comes out of this.  I am hopeful for the moment.