Syfy has officially ordered a pilot for Krypton, a Superman prequel series focusing on the grandfather of the beloved DC Comics hero.

According to Syfy, Krypton "will follow Superman's grandfather – whose House of El was ostracized and shamed – as he fights to redeem his family's honor and save his beloved world from chaos."

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice co-writer David S. Goyer will executive produce Krypton under his Phantom Four banner. Goyer also wrote the pilot alongside Ian Goldberg, who previously worked as a producer on Once Upon a Time and a writer on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Frequent Peaky Blinders director Colm McCarthy will helm the pilot, with Sleepy Hollow writer Damian Kindler serving as showrunner and EP.

Goyer previously revealed Krypton will take place 200 years before the opening of Man of Steel. He went on to say while "it won’t be wall-to-wall visual effects every single moment" like Man of Steel, the show will "be digging into the characters and culture a lot more."