HBO Max got the guy who plays The Penguin to star in its The Batman spin-off about The Penguin
Colin Farrell, who plays the villain in Matt Reeves' upcoming The Batman, will reprise his role for the streaming project
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Back in September, we reported on a story about HBO Max developing a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ The Batman that would focus on the rise of The Penguin, a.k.a. bird-like criminal mastermind Oswald Cobblepot. Penguin is being played by Colin Farrell in the movie, opposite Robert Pattinson’s The Batman and Jeffrey Wright’s The Jim Gordon, but—at least at the time—nobody had confirmed that Farrell would actually be in the show.
Well, good news for the regulars at the Iceberg Lounge: HBO Max’s Penguin show will have The Penguin. In other words, Colin Farrell has “signed on” to star in the spin-off, reprising his role from the movie that’s not out yet. That’s according to Variety’s sources, which says the script for the series will be written by Lauren LeFranc, but it sounds like the project hasn’t officially been given the full-season green light (that means there’s still a chance it won’t happen).
In other The Batman news, the other HBO Max spin-off of the movie is apparently still happening as well. That one will focus on the Gotham City Police Department, but it hasn’t been announced if Wright will be starring in that one. A lot of this is probably somewhat dependent on how things go with The Batman, which will finally be in theaters next year.
Aside from ol’ Bats, HBO Max’s Disney+ initiative to get more superhero shows on its platform has already begun with The Suicide Squad spin-off Peacemaker, which just got a trailer last week. That series will premiere on January 13 and will feature the return of John Cena’s eponymous mercenary. It will also feature The Vigilante, a character who seems perfectly suited for James Gunn’s wacky/edgy take on the DC universe. The Flash movie will probably get some kind of tie-in as well whenever that comes out.
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How hard are they going to scrape the bottom of the Batman barrel? What’s next, a tv show about Alfred the butler?
Considering Pennyworth has been going for 2 seasons, I guess… hard.
that’s the joke
it can be two things
it can be hard
I want a series about Jonathan Crane writing his PhD thesis. The main character will be his thesis advisor.
I would unironically watch a show about Batman villains all going to grad school. Ivy, Hugo Strange, Crane, Jervis, Nygma, Quinzel, Freeze. Hell, some could be faculty, some could be students. And the mysterious benefactor of the new science lab? Let’s just say he’s foreign and loves baths.
Oh, I would watch Botany PH.D. candidate Poison Ivy in the greenhouse all day.
As long as there’s a cameo from the Joker, baby.
The bottom of the barrel has a name, and it is Gotham.And it was fucking glorious.
Here, here! I clicked on this article hoping it was Gotham’s Penguin getting a gig. That guy was awesome.
There’s still a thin film of Bat Filth down there! Get it!!!
Killer Croc and Baby Doll series next. Wait, shit now I want this series so bad!
What’s next, a tv show about Alfred the butler?
How about Batwheels, a kids show that stars the Batmobile?https://www.cnet.com/news/batman-batmobile-revs-up-for-its-own-series-because-kids-dig-cars/
They almost made a show about pre-orphaned Dick Grayson, which definitely wouldn’t be terribly interesting.
Please, please do not adapt the story where he married a penguin.
I think viewers would be really interested see their wedding night.
Doobie doobie dooo…
You’re of course talking about that run in the comics where he married Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux, and I for one found their whirlwind romance positively enchanting.
I felt like there was too much high sticking
I dunno, according to the Deadspin, most or all of the NHL are “The Worst”.
I mean if Tesla could marry a pigeon…
Her name is Grimes!
Farrell’s an interesting casting choice as Penguin. Looks like he’s come a long way since playing Bullseye.
I love how the internet has dubbed him Richard Mean since he looks like character actor Richard Kind.
He was probably the best thing in that Daredevil movie,And he’s the kind of actor that with the right role is amazing (probably NSFW)
In Bruges is about the time I realized how great an actor he really can be.Love that movie so much.
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Man it gonna be hard to top Robin Lord Taylor’s quintessential takes on Penguin. He had that right mixture of pathetic and violent natures to pull off his Penguin.Good luck to Colin Farrell though.
Paul Reubens or GTFO
Get with the times, the only quirky actor they’re allowed to cast now is Timothee Chalamet.
Wait, he’s “quirky” now?
wait, he’s an ‘actor’ now?
He is Johnny Depp Jr. afterall.
He’s busy. There’s a double feature today.
Back in September, we reported on a story reworded a Variety article on our servers about HBO Max developing a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ The Batman that would focus on the rise of The Penguin
Maybe it’s because they’re not as ubiquitous as the MCU
characters, but these HBO/DC shows sound more interesting to me than
what Disney is offering. Here’s hoping they’re actually good.
The “how did these bad guys become bad?” concept was played out *before* DC ran with it.
I thought it was Val Kilmer
I guess a spin-off about young handsome Penguin justifies having heavily disguised Colin Farrell in the movie. Otherwise, what’s the point? He’s totally unrecognisable with that makeup, seems to be casted out-of-character, and the pay check is probably inflated adequately to his star power.
Makes sense.
When is Condiment Man getting his own show?
I don’t know what that is, but it sounds like something Chris Elliot or various Wayanses might be involved in.
Excuse me. It’s Condiment King: https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Condiment_King
THEY prefer “Non-binary Condiment Sentient Being”.
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I had originally assumed the Gotham PD show and The Penguin show were the same thing. Guess if you combined them it would be just be straight up Gotham reboot.