David Goyer Helming New TV Series Titled ‘Krypton’ on SyFy

[Dwolf]

Sucks that I know how this story ends

 

[satam55]

EXCLUSIVE: British actress Georgina Campbell (After Hours) has landed the female lead of Lyta Zod in Krypton, Syfy’s Superman prequel pilot from David S. Goyer and Warner Horizon Television.

Based on the DC Comics characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Kryptonis set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. It follows Superman’s grandfather Seg-El — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

Campbell’s Lyta Zod is a member of Krypton’s military caste and the daughter of a general, Alura Zod. Lyta Zod serves as a cadet — and has also been having a clandestine, forbidden romance with Seg-El (not cast yet).

This marks the U.S. TV debut for Campbell, who won the BAFTA Television Award for Leading Actress in 2015 for Murdered by My Boyfriend. She soon will be seen in the upcoming third season of Broadchurch as well as the feature King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, directed by Guy Ritchie. Campbell is repped by Independent Talent.

David S. Goyer and showrunner Damian Kindler executive produce Krypton for WBTV and Goyer’s Phantom Four. Colm McCarthy serves as co-executive producer and will direct the pilot from a story and teleplay by Goyer & Ian Goldberg. The pilot will be filmed in Serbia.

Krypton is beginning to populate.

Georgina Campbell has been cast as Lyta Zod, the female lead in Syfy’s upcoming Superman prequel pilot, our sister site Deadline reports. Lyta is a cadet in Krypton’s military caste and part of the same family tree that spawned super-villain General Zod — which makes it extra-awkward when she strikes up a star-crossed romance with Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El.

While this marks Campbell’s first U.S. TV series, the English actress won a BAFTA award for her work on the UK drama Murdered by My Boyfriend, and she’ll co-star in the upcoming third season of Broadchurch alongside David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

Krypton, which has a pilot order from Syfy, is set two generations before Superman’s home planet goes ka-blam, and focuses on the Man of Steel’s grandpa as he battles to redeem his family’s good name after a shameful fall from grace. (Get details on the other, to-be-cast characters.)

 

[Jello Biafra]

She's a good actress.

 

[Bone Bender]

Let me guess, by the end of the series, shes going to be pregnant with Seg El's baby and theyre going to name him Jor El, thereby making Zod and Superman blood relations.

 

[Lex Luthor]

 

[KravenMorehead™]

ha

 

[Roman Brady]

She's a good actress.

Judging by her resume this seems beneath her

 

[Jello Biafra]

Judging by her resume this seems beneath her

Gotta do what you gotta do when trying to break into the US TV/movie scene.

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

She's pretty

 

[Mook]

This might be the worst premise ever. Who approves this shyt?

 

[bnm8907]

Supergirl I have no interest in but if this is done like the beginning of Man of Steel, I'd love to see it. Once I saw that, my mind was made up that there should be a prequel that focuses on Krypton

100% agree

I felt the same way after watching it.

 

[Jax]

100% agree

I felt the same way after watching it.

Was my favorite part of man of steel

 

[Big Lil' Whatever]

The first trailer for Syfy's Krypton has been released.

 

[JahFocus CS]

looks intriguing but I have a feeling it might be terrible.

 

[Monoblock]

Looks nice but so do all DC trailers. I'll probably end up treating this like Gotham and ignore it all together.