The adventures of Superman’s hot grandpa will continue on Syfy for a second season. The cable network has orderedKryptonSeason 2 ahead of the prequel series’ Season 1 finale on May 23rd. The show hails from executive producersDavid S. GoyerandCameron Welsh, with Welsh serving as showrunner, and it chronicles the goings-on over on Superman’s home planet of Krypton two generations before he’s born.
The series is told through the eyes of Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the grandfather of the eventual Man of Steel. He’s spurred into action when the House of El is ostracized, Krypton’s leadership is in disarray, and a time-traveler from Earth visits him with news of great importance: he must save Krypton at all costs, or else Superman will never be born and thus can never save humanity from the supervillian Brainiac.
That’s been the main thrust of Season 1, and it’ll be interesting to see where things go in Season 2. The production value ofKryptonis swell, as is the costume design, but narratively the show got off to a pretty rocky start. I admittedly checked out after a few episodes, but clearly there are folks sticking with the series and I’m curious to see how the show stacks up creatively as it wraps up its first season.
Syfy somewhat rebooted its original content format a few years ago and now has a swell lineup of ambitious series, headed up by the excellentThe Magicians(which has been renewed for Season 4), the fan favorite12 Monkeys(wrapping up with its fourth and final season this summer), and the horror anthologyChannel Zerowhich has become something of a cult hit. There’s also new seriesHappy!, which is returning for a second season, and coming this fall is theGeorge R.R. Martinsci-fi adaptationNightflyerswith theRusso Brothers-producedDeadly Classalso on the upcoming docket.
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