Krypton (TV series)

Krypton
Genre
Based onCharacters created
by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and characters from DC Comics
Developed byDavid S. Goyer
Starring
ComposerPinar Toprak
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
ProducerAndjelka Viaislavjevic
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Christopher Baffa
  • James Mather
  • Simon Dennis
Editors
  • Joel Griffen
  • Jeff Betancourt
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time41-44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseMarch 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) 
August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14)

Krypton is an American science fiction television series developed by David S. Goyer for Syfy. Focusing on Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the grandfather of DC Comics superhero Kal-El / Superman, the series is set approximately 200 years before the birth of Superman and takes place on the eponymous fictional planet. Krypton premiered on March 21, 2018. Its first season consists of ten episodes. The second season of ten episodes premiered on June 12, 2019. After its broadcast, Syfy canceled the series after two seasons in August.