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Michael B. Jordan Has a HBO Max Superman Series in the Works - BNC

By: ShaCamree Gowdy Michael B. Jordan is reportedly working on a Superman limited series centered on Val-Zod, a Black Superman from Earth 2, per Collider’s Jeff Sneider. RELATED: Michael B. Jordan Apologizes, Renames Rum Brand After ‘J’Ouvert’ Controversy Jordan's production company Outlier Society is behind the HBO Max series, which is supposedly already being written by an unknown party. Val-Zod, a Kryptonian created by Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott and Robson Rocha, first debuted in the DC comic books in 2014. He left the pages of the comics with Kal-El and Kara Zor-El before the planet was destroyed, remaining hidden from society for several years until the Wonders, […]

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