Syfy Orders Superman Prequel Krypton and Chris Meloni's Happy! to Series, Plans Adaptation of GRRM Novel

Look, up in the sky, it’s… two new Syfy series (to go with the cabler’s shiny new logo).

Syfy on Thursday granted series orders to Krypton, which follows Kal-El aka Superman’s ancestors, and the Chris Meloni-fronted adaptation of the graphic novel Happy!

Syfy also announced its plans to develop a supernatural thriller based on George R.R. Martin’s (Game of Thrones) epic novel Nightflyers.

Set two generations before the destruction of Kal-El’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather (played by Cameron Cuffe) — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

Happy! meanwhile follows Nick Sax (played by Meloni), an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who after a job gone wrong finds his life forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named “Happy” (voiced by SNL‘s Bobby Moynihan).

As for Nightflyers, it is set in the future on the eve of Earth’s destruction, as a crew of explorers journey on the galaxy’s most advanced ship to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft that might hold the key to their survival. As the crew nears their destination, they discover that the ship’s artificial intelligence and never-seen captain may be steering them into deadly and unspeakable horrors deep in the dark reaches of space.