Michael B. Jordan Is Bringing Black Superman Val-Zod to HBO Max

After a couple of years of waxing and waning, it looks like DC’s Men of Tomorrow are again within the highlight at Warner Bros. Alongside the plans for Ta-Nehisi Coates and J.J. Abrams to convey a new Superman to the large display screen, a brand new report means that Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan is engaged on a separate Krypton-themed challenge for streaming service HBO Max.

Collider first had phrase that Jordan and his Outlier Society manufacturing firm are creating a Superman challenge for Warner’s HBO Max. An individual near the challenge confirmed the story to io9 and clarified that it could truly be a restricted sequence. Unlike the upcoming Superman film penned by Ta-Nehisi Coates, this challenge received’t be re-imagining a model of Clark Kent, the basic Superman of DC Comics. Instead, Jordan’s challenge will star Val-Zod, first launched in 2014 as a Kryptonian from Earth-2 in DC Comics’ huge multiverse who took on the mantle of Superman after the Kal-El of his actuality was killed in an invasion of Earth-2 by Darkseid and his military of Parademons.

Warner Bros.’ plans for the Superman character have been up within the air for years within the wake of the character’s revival within the DCEU beneath Zack Snyder. Henry Cavill, who starred as Clark Kent in Man of Steel, the theatrical minimize of Justice League by Joss Whedon, and this yr’s launch of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, has lengthy mentioned eager to proceed enjoying the character. While a sequel has been rumored for years, as an alternative the character has largely been left to the wayside as Warner centered on different areas of its DC Comics steady.

This yr has already seen the announcement of a number of Superman-adjacent properties, nevertheless. On tv, the character launched a new CW present, Superman & Lois, whereas an upcoming animated sequence, My Adventures With Superman, is ready to convey the character to HBO Max and Cartoon Network. Meanwhile, Sasha Kalle will play Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El (a.ok.a. Supergirl) in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash, earlier than showing in her personal long-in-the-works spinoff movie.

We’ll convey you extra on Jordan’s plans for Val-Zod as and after we study them.

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