'Krypton' Reveals New Plot Details At SDCC: It's Actually A Time Travel Show With Brainiac, Hawkwoman And Doomsday!

Syfy's Krypton gained an instant following the moment it was announced over a year ago, but at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, DC Films president Geoff Johns dropped a surprise twist that nobody saw coming: the upcoming SyFy series isn't simply a show about the history of Superman's family; it's about a conspiracy that will impact everything we know about Superman himself. As Johns told the #SDCC2017 panel:

"It's a show that, although it takes place centuries ago on Krypton about the House of El, it's about a conspiracy from the present that has traveled back in time to Krypton to prevent Superman's legacy from ever happening. ... Adam Strange and Hawkwoman come to Krypton trying to stop the conspiracy and save Superman's legacy. Doomsday will be in the show. Brainiac is long overdue to be on screen like that."

Johns's announcement was met with gasps from the crowd at the Krypton panel, but it makes this show even more exciting. The team behind Krypton knew that an entire series built around the distant past wouldn't be compelling enough for Superman fans, so they connected it to saving the present-day. Someone's trying to kill Kal-El before he's even born, Terminator-style!

Simon Kindler, the show's executive producer, was relieved to finally be able to say the name "Brainiac" while talking about the show, because of how deep and rich his story is — it's one that stretches across time and space itself.

There are still so many questions, and we can't wait to learn the answers when Krypton premieres in 2018 on SyFy.