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June 22, 2016: SyFy Reveals Character Details for "Krypton" Series
Posted by Neil Cole
The SyFy Channel has released the following names and descriptions for the main cast of characters that will appear on the network's upcoming "Krypton" television series which will be set two generations before the destruction of Superman's home planet:
SEG-EL | Envisioned here as athletic, quietly confident and in his 20s, comic fans are familiar with an older (and a bit grumpier) Seg from his appearance in the classic Starman No. 51, written by James Robinson with story by Robinson and David S. Goyer, who is executive producer/writer of Krypton. But Seg’s a good guy at any age; in the comics, he and son Jor-El (Kal-El/Superman’s father) helped Starman get away while other Kryptonians wanted to detain – and dissect – the Earthling.
LYTA ZOD | This twentysomething beauty will likely have some familial tie to Superman’s future foe, General Zod, while she herself is a (reluctant) warrior.
VAL-EL | Seg’s genius grandpa defied death by going into the Phantom Zone, and is a staunch believer in space exploration. (We know that’s a lesson he’ll pass along to his great-grandson.)
ALURA ZOD | Lyta’s mom happens to bear the same name as Kara Zor-El’s mother on Supergirl, while “Zod” always raises an eyebrow because of that whole “kneel before” thing.
DEV-EM | If anyone is going to survive Krypton’s inevitable fate, it’ll be this chiseled, twentysomething bad boy. In the comics, Dev escapes the doomed planet, abuses Superboy on Earth and eventually becomes an ally of the Legion of Super-Heroes… in the 30th century.
TER-EL | AKA Seg’s father. We didn’t get him to play Supergirl’s Man of Steel, but maybe Tom Welling (Smallville) could play Clark’s great-grandfather on Krypton?
"Krypton" will be executive produced by David S. Goyer ("The Dark Knight", "Da Vinci's Demons") alongside Damian Kindler ("Sleepy Hollow") and Colm McCarthy ("Peaky Blinders") who will direct and co-executive produce the series pilot. The pilot script will feature an original story written by Goyer and Ian Goldberg ("Once Upon a Time").
Production on the pilot episode is scheduled to begin in Montreal later this summer while the series is expected to premiere on the SyFy Channel later this year.
Source: TV Line
