According to Deadline, writer Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men, Young Sheldon) spoke about the newest spinoff of The Big Bang Theory universe during Banff TV Festival, mocking Warner Bros.’ DC Studios in the process. Lorre has partnered up with Bill Prady (Dharma & Greg, Platypus Man) on the new series titled Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, which is stated to still be in development at HBO Max. Lorre, Prdy and Zak Penn (Ready Player One, The Avengers) have already written 10 epsiodes for the series that will feature a vast amount of CGI.

Via Deadline, Lorre said, “There’s a lot of special technical stuff. For me, in my career, a big production number was two people sitting on a couch drinking coffee. This is different. This is trying to incorporate some of that world of science fiction, fantasy, into a comedy. I’m completely out of my element, which is what I wanted, which is what I was hoping to do, something that I had no experience with, and maybe I can learn as we go.”

According to Deadline, the new spinoff will include stars from the original series. Joining Kevin Sussman (Ugly Betty, Killers), who plays Stuart is Lauren Lapkus (The Earliest Show, Another Happy Day), who plays Stuart’s girlfriend Denise, Brian Posehn (Uncle Nick, Surf’s Up) as Bert Kibbler and John Ross Bowie (Speechless, Grimcutty) as Barry Kripke. The cast for the series is not formally set as the series has not been officially greenlit but is being set up with the purpose of starring once it gets picked up.

As per Deadline, Lorre spoke on having an argument with DC Studios about Green Lantern. He said, “We had an argument with them recently. They’re very protective of the Green Lantern. All of a sudden we were making fun of the Green Lantern in scripts, and it’s like, really the Green Lantern? Even when I was 10, I knew that stunk.” Lorre admitted that he was late to the “whole idea of IP”. “I’m just trying to make people laugh,” he noted.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe comes from Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television where the company is based.