Earlier this year, it was announced that Syfy has given the official pilot order to David S. Goyer and Warner Horizon Television's Krypton. Later, TV Line got their hands on details about six major characters in the Superman prequel. Now, we can confirm that one of those characters has been cast!
According to Deadline, Krypton has added Murdered by My Boyfriend star Georgina Campbell to play the show's female lead. She has also appeared in One Night, Tripped, and, more recently, in After Hours. The 24-year-old British actress bagged the BAFTA Television Award for Leading Actress last year.
The name of Campbell's character in the upcoming DC Comics-based show is Lyta Zod. The character is described as "a member of Krypton's military caste and the daughter of a general, Alura Zod". She "serves as a cadet "” and has also been having a clandestine, forbidden romance with Seg-El".
Seg-El is Superman's grandfather, and Krypton follows his fight "to redeem his family's honor and save his beloved world from chaos" after the House of El was "ostracized and shamed". So, the show is actually set two generations ahead of the destruction of Superman's home planet.
Cast members for Seg-El; his father Ter-El and grandfather Val-El; Lyta's mother Alura Zod; and the "chiseled twenty-something bad boy" Dev-Em are yet to be announced. However, it is safe to assume that we will come across more casting announcements in the next few months, as they are eyeing a 2017 launch.
The outlet also reveals that the Krypton pilot will be filmed in Serbia, with Colm McCarthy sitting behind the camera and Damian Kindler serving as the showrunner.
McCarthy directed the 2010 supernatural thriller Outcast and episodes of numerous television series, including Sherlock, Doctor Who, and Peaky Blinders. Kindler is best known for his involvement with series like Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary, and Sleepy Hollow.
