The following Batman film was just pushed back however the subsequent Batman story is coming later this 12 months. It’s The Penguin, an eight-part collection starring Colin Farrell because the crime boss he portrayed in the 2022 Matt Reeves film.
Reportedly set after the occasions of that movie, the present will comply with Farrell’s character Oz Cobb as he continues to rise, and take energy, within the felony underworld of Gotham Metropolis. It’ll be out this fall completely on Max and right here’s the primary trailer.
There’s not a lot to go on, however what is there appears fairly telling. To begin with is Farrell’s efficiency. He was nice in The Batman however even simply on this one scene, you get a way of why he’d wish to reprise a task that’s clearly such a bodily problem. This character has some meat on its bones, in additional methods than one, and it seems to be like he’s going to dig proper in.
What precisely that entails although stays murky, no less than on this trailer. There are many fast photographs of solid members like Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, and Michael Zegen, however no explanations of who they’re or how they slot in. We will extrapolate these are members of Cobb’s household, crime companions, rivals, and extra, however nothing is definite. What is definite is that by the tip of this collection, we should always have a a lot clearer image of Penguin’s place on this Matt Reeves Batman universe.
The Penguin is government produced by Reeves, Farrell, Dylan Clark, and Lauren LeFranc, who additionally writes and is the showrunner. There’s additionally Craig Zobel, who directs the primary three episodes, and Invoice Carraro. It’ll be on Max later this fall.
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