About The Batman Penguin spinoff series.
“The Batman” director Matt Reeves is developing a spin-off series about the Penguin (aka Oswald Cobblepot). The Penguin, which will be based on DC characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, will be written by Lauren LeFranc who will also serve as the executive producer and showrunner. Also serving as executive producers are Farrell, Dylan Clark, Daniel Pipski, Rafi Crohn, and Adam Kassan. Warner Bros. Television, as well as Reeve’s 6th & Idaho Productions and Clark’s Dylan Clark Productions, will serve as umbrellas for the show’s production.
The film will star Colin Farrell as The Penguin. Others include Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly, Deirdre O’Connell, and Rhenzy Feliz.
The Penguin series was announced on September 25, 2021 with pre-production beginning on May 7, 2022. Filming commenced on June 16, 2022. The project was reclassified as pre-production on August 3 and October 8, 2022.
Filming for the Penguin is taking place in Los Angeles and New York City.
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The Penguin Series Adds Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo and More. February 14, 2023
The latest addition to the upcoming The Penguin is Michael Kelly, an actor best known for his work on House of Cards. According to Deadline, Kelly will join other talented actors such as Shohreh Aghdashloo, an Oscar nominee for her role in The Expanse, and Deirdre O’Connell, who appeared in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. However, no details have been revealed about the characters they will portray in the series.
Marvel’s Runaways star Rhenzy Feliz joins cast of The Penguin. February 14, 2023
Rhenzy Feliz, who starred in Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu, is switching over to DC. He has been selected as one of the main leads alongside Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti in The Penguin.
Batman star reveals episode count for HBO Max Batman/Penguin series (and hints at a feature movie). February 3, 2023
The Batman star Colin Farrell has revealed the episode count for the upcoming HBO Max spin-off series that will revolve around his character, The Penguin. He told Variety magazine:
“It’s going to be an eight-part thing. Around Oz’s rise to power, filling that power vacuum created when Falcone was killed. Matt’s idea was to have the Penguin show begin about a week after the end of the Batman film. And if it works, if the trajectory is interesting, and the audience goes for it, and we do our jobs right, the second Penguin feature will pick up where the HBO show will end.”
The Batman Penguin spinoff has been ordered to series by HBO Max. March 9, 2022
“The Batman” spinoff series about The Penguin at HBO Max has officially been ordered to series. Colin Farrell said:
“The world that Matt Reeves created for ‘The Batman’ is one that warrants a deeper gaze through the eyes of Oswald Cobblepot. I couldn’t be more excited about continuing this exploration of Oz as he rises through the darkened ranks to become The Penguin. Will be good to get him back on the streets of Gotham for a little madness and a little mayhem.”
The Batman Penguin spinoff will follow the events of the film. March 2, 2022
The Batman spin-off series centered on Colin Farrell’s Penguin will follow the events of the first film. The spinoff will be the first of many Batman-related projects for Matt Reeves, who is working on a sequel to the film and developing two spin-off shows for HBO Max.
A few details spill about the plot of The Batman Penguin spinoff. February 27, 2022
According to producer Dylan Clark, the Penguin series will be an origin story of sorts. following the life of Oswald Cobblepot’s journey to becoming the Gentleman of Crime.
“We’re doing one with Colin, seeing Oz [Oswald Cobblepot] rise to power, almost like a ‘Scarface’ story. It’s exciting to do something like that just as a standalone, but it speaks to the character and our movie, so that you’ll go back to the movie [and say], ‘Oh, I see that backstory there, that line refers to this’.
We have to get into what made him the man he is. And also, it will pick up where this film finished off, I think. I think it’ll pick up a little short time after the last frame of this film. […] We’ll get to go on a little kind of left turn off to the world of Oz and how he’s beginning to kind of dream of filling a potential power vacuum that may exist … It’s a lovely, lovely character, and explores vulnerabilities. His violence is apparent, his propensity for violence and his ability to use it as a tool is apparent, but [also] to see we all have soft spots. Every single person. And to be able to find that location, dig around it would be fun.”
Colin Farrell will reprise his role as The Penguin in the upcoming HBO Max spin-off series. December 6, 2021
Variety says Colin Farrell will be back as Penguin for The Batman spin-off hitting HBO Max. Lauren LeFranc will write the new series with Farrell, Matt Reeves, and Dylan Clark on board as executive producers.
The Batman director Matt Reeves is developing a spin-off series about the Penguin. September 13, 2021
Deadline reports that “The Batman” director Matt Reeves is developing a spin-off series about the Penguin (aka Oswald Cobblepot). This new show will join Reeves’ other “The Batman” spin-off about Jim Gordon on the HBO Max streaming service and will reportedly be about “the rise of the Penguin character.” Reeves is set to executive produce alongside Dylan Clark. Lauren LeFranc (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) will pen a script for the show.
No word yet if Colin Farrell will portray the Penguin in the series (Farrell plays the part in the upcoming “The Batman”
