Batman villain the Penguin is about to have his day with a brand new show spotlighting his attempts to become the kingpin in Gotham City. In The Penguin , a HBO television spin-off, Colin Farrell is reprising his role after his first appearance in 2022 movie The Batman . Read Next Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy dies aged 66 The Warner Bros Television and DC Studios drama series will follow Oswald Cobblepot aka Oz Cobb aka the Penguin as he tries to assert his dominance in Gotham’s underworld.
Produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, and Colin Farrell and written by Lauren LeFranc, the eight-episode drama is set one week after the events of The Batman . Sarah Aubrey, of HBO Max told Variety magazine: “The goal of this is to show what Oz’s life is like and that’s very much in the streets of Gotham, trying to get up and over as only the Penguin can. As a hustler and a strategist with his own ambitions.
“It is a great example of having the time over eight episodes to tell a longer-arc character story with a lot of delicious twists and turns and new characters.” When is The Penguin released? The Penguin premieres in the US on Thursday 19 September on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. In the UK, the eight-episode series will air on Sky Atlantic on Friday 20 September and will be available on the streaming service NOW later in the year.
After Friday’s premiere, UK fans will be able to watch subsequent episodes every Sunday night starting from Sunday 29 September and on demand thereafter via Catch Up, Box Sets and Sky Go. Who is in the cast of The Penguin? The Oscar-nominated Irish actor began his career in the BBC drama Ballykissangel and rose to prominence in the Steven Spielberg film Minority Report. The 48-year-old won a Golden Globe for his performance in the movie In Bruges and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin .
American actress Cristin Milioti, 39, is known for her her appearance as Teresa Petrillo Belfort in 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street . She has also starred in It Had To Be You and Palm Springs. On the small screen, she had a leading role in television shows A to Z, No Activity and The Resort .
Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar) Feliz plays Victor Aguilar, the Penguin’s driver and protégé. The 26-year-old will be well known to younger fans as the voice of Camilo Madrigal in the Disney hit Encanto. He also played Alex Wilder in the television series Marvel’s Runaways.
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