By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Michael B Jordan is creating a Black Superman undertaking for streamer HBO Max.
According to Collider, Jordan’s Outlier Society manufacturing banner is working with streaming service and has employed a author to work on the script.
The undertaking is claimed to be primarily based on the Val-Zod model of the enduring superhero character. However, it’s but to be recognized whether or not the undertaking is being developed as a movie or a collection.
As per the DC Comics, Val-Zod, who can also be from Krypton, is from a special universe, however follows the same origin story.
He is shipped away from his homeworld to Earth after the dying of his dad and mom and turns into the second individual to take up the mantle of Superman.
Jordan’s Black Superman undertaking is separate from the rebooted film by Warner Bros which is predicted to observe the Kal-El/Clark Kent model of the character.
The film will characteristic a Black actor within the titular function.
This undertaking has creator Ta-Nehisi Coates connected as a author and will probably be produced by filmmaker JJ Abrams and his firm Bad Robot.
Jordan most lately featured in Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Pictures’ “Without Remorse”.
The actor will subsequent make his debut as a director with the third instalment of his highly-successful “Creed” franchise.