The Penguin: key info
– Will make its debut in mid-September
– Set to reach on HBO and Max (US), Sky and Now TV (UK), and Binge (Australia)
– Numerous trailers launched
– Story synopsis unveiled
– Colin Farrell reprises his function as Oz Cobb from The Batman
– Other solid members and roles confirmed in June
– Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne/Batman not anticipated to cameo
– Events will influence what occurs in The Batman Part 2
The watch for The Penguin is sort of over. The Batman‘s first TV spin-off is, on the time of this text’s newest replace, simply over two weeks away, so there’s by no means been a greater time to study every little thing concerning the forthcoming Max collection.
Below, we have rounded up the newest intel that our police informants have discovered so you may watch its premiere with no puzzled look in your face. Indeed, you will study extra about its launch date, launch schedule, trailers, solid roster, story threads, and the way it’ll have an effect on the remainder of Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, which works by the considerably unwieldy title of The Batman Epic Crime Saga now.
Full spoilers observe for 2022’s The Batman film. Potential spoilers for The Penguin are additionally mentioned, so waddle on at your personal peril.
The Penguin launch date
Tear down the empire from the within out. Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell is #ThePenguin within the new @HBO Original Limited Series, premiering September 19 @StreamOnMax.pic.twitter.com/QhbQ0cSvfWJuly 28, 2024
The Penguin can be launched on Thursday, September 19 within the US, the place it will air on cable community channel HBO in addition to Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) tremendous streamer known as Max. UK and Australian viewers must wait till Friday, September 20 to look at it, with the miniseries touchdown on Sky/Now TV and Binge respectively.
The present’s official launch was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con, with it being certainly one of 9 big Comic-Con 2024 bulletins that stuffed us with pleasure. Before that, we solely knew that The Penguin‘s launch month could be September, which was revealed in mid-June.
When will new episodes of The Penguin come out?
His for the taking.Catch the brand new @HBO Original Limited Series #ThePenguin, premiering Thursday, September 19 at 9 pm ET on Max, after which Sundays at 9 pm ET beginning September 29. pic.twitter.com/JjcBdORLe7August 15, 2024
With The Penguin debuting on a Thursday evening (US) and Friday morning (UK/Australia), you’d count on new episodes to air each week on these days, would not you? Well, that will not be the case. As the X/Twitter submit above reveals, after the R-rated crime thriller’s premiere, new installments will arrive on Sundays (US) and Mondays (UK/Australia) till its finale in mid-November.
For a full breakdown of when new episodes will launch, learn on:
- The Penguin episode 1 – September 19 (US); September 20 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 2 – September 29 (US); September 30 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 3 – October 6 (US); October 7 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 4 – October 13 (US); October 14 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 5 – October 20 (US); October 21 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 6 – October 27 (US); October 28 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 7 – November 3 (US); November 4 (UK/Australia)
- The Penguin episode 8 – November 10 (US); November 11 (UK/Australia)
The Penguin trailer
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The Penguin‘s last trailer was unveiled in late July. Just like its predecessors – you may watch them beneath – it showcases extra ultraviolent shoot-outs, crime-based melodrama, and neo-noir sensibilities which have grow to be an indicator of The Batman Epic Crime Saga.
Missed the collection’ second trailer in June? Check it out beneath:
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And if The Penguin‘s first teaser, which revealed that Oz Cobb can be on the legal warpath in The Batman‘s first TV spin-off, bypassed you in March, it is also viewable beneath.
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The Penguin solid: confirmed and rumored
Full spoilers observe for The Batman.
Here’s The Penguin‘s confirmed solid to date:
- Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb/The Penguin
- Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone
- Rhenzy Feliz as Victor Aguilar
- Michael Kelly as Johnny Viti
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadia Maroni
- Deirdre O’Connell as Francis Cobb
- Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni
- James Madio as Milos Grapa
- Scott Cohen as Luca Falcone
- Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone
- Carmen Ejogo as Eve Karlo
- Theo Rossi as Doctor Julian Rush
Milioti, who some viewers would possibly acknowledge because the titular mother from How I Met Your Mother, would be the collection’ main villain – nicely, for those who can name Farrell’s Cobb the “hero” of this piece. She’s the daughter of the deceased Carmine Falcone, so she’ll be battling Cobb for management of Gotham’s legal underworld. Judging by the second trailer, she’ll need to get her arms soiled so as to earn the respect of her fellow criminals inside, and out of doors of, the Falcone household.
And she’ll just do that, too – the third trailer confirming she’s more than pleased to let her violent aspect out (throughout a stint in Arkham Asylum, no much less) when it is known as for. Hey, she is not nicknamed ‘The Hangman’ for nothing.
Zegen (Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) will play Sofia’s brother, Alberto, whereas Kelly (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) is ready to painting Viti, the Falcone household’s underboss – primarily, Carmine’s second-in-command – who’s seen telling Cobb to recollect the place his allegiances lie (i.e. with the Falcone household) within the second trailer. Expect this duo, plus Cohen’s Luca Falcone, to assist Sofia in her battle with Oz.
The titular character will not interact on this battle alone, nevertheless. O’Connell (Outer Range) will play Francis Cobb, aka Oz’s mom, who’ll proceed to gas his ambition to grow to be Gotham’s new crime kingpin together with her fixed reminders that Oz promised to provide her a greater life. Feliz (Runaways) will play Victor, Oz’s principal lackey who’ll assist him perform no matter nefarious plan he is cooked up.
It’s additionally attainable that Brown (Invincible, Gen V), who’ll painting Maroni, will crew up with Cobb to deliver down the Falcone household. Per Deadline, Maroni is a mob boss who was concerned in a historic drug bust, during which Carmine Falcone was the Gotham City Police Department’s informant. Maroni, then, will certainly nonetheless have an ax to grind with Sofia Falcone and her allies, which means he might unite with Cobb to deliver the previous’s empire to its knees. Well, offering they get alongside, which the second trailer suggests they may not totally do. Aghdashloo’s Nadia might assist as nicely if her husband allies himself with Oz.
As for actors who is likely to be concerned however have not been confirmed but, it appears Mark Strong (Shazam!, 1917) will seem, too. Responding to a fan query on Instagram, Strong’s private coach Giacomo Farci mentioned he’d educated Strong for a task within the present. We await extra particulars about his potential involvement from HBO.
One particular person you should not count on to see, although, is the Caped Crusader himself. Chatting to SFX Magazine (by way of GamesRadar), showrunner Lauren LeFranc mentioned: “I perceive why individuals’s need could be to have Batman, or to suppose that, until Batman’s in a present or a movie, it does not have the identical punch. To me I believe it packs a unique punch.”
Adding to that, Reeves additionally opined: “I do not really feel prefer it’s lacking one thing elementary. I really feel prefer it’s an extension of what’s basically there. We know that is the world of Batman. You’re taking place a unique alley. So the spectre of Batman is there. The spectre of the Riddler is there. The spectre of every little thing that occurs within the final film is there. It informs it. And it is precisely the place we start.”
Of course, this could possibly be a diversion tactic to throw us off the scent over a attainable Robert Pattinson cameo. Whether it’s or not, we’ll discover out quickly sufficient if the Dark Knight comes out to play in Cobb’s standalone collection.
The Penguin story hypothesis
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) hasn’t launched a narrative temporary but. In press releases accompanying every trailer, the leisure big merely teased that “the eight-episode DC Studios drama collection continues The Batman Epic Crime Saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves started with… and facilities on the character performed by Farrell within the movie.”
There are some particulars – some minor, some main – that we learn about, although. Speaking to TechRadar forward of The Batman‘s launch, Farrell revealed that the Max present’s runtime can be “six to eight hours” value of content material. Elaborating on what we are able to count on from this new Batman manufacturing, Farrell additionally instructed us: “[I’m excited about] getting extra into the character and simply, as you say, perhaps getting extra into his origin and the Oz that we meet within the movie.
“I solely have six or seven scenes within the film, so Oz remains to be form of an unknown amount to me as nicely. So, I’ve grow to be very excited by the prospect of attending to study what the parameters are, if certainly there are any for the character. I imply, he is received a beautiful form of humorousness. He’s form of humorous, however he is form of not, however he thinks he’s. He’s undoubtedly harmful and has a form of a sure psychopath to him. But he is additionally a bit of bit damaged inside, as many people are, so it will be enjoyable to discover all these points.”
Expanding on some non-spoiler-based components, Farrell instructed MovieZine: “It’s darkish – that’s what I can inform you about it. It’s actually darkish and actually heavy… it’s extremely violent. It’s one man’s rise to what he’s at all times dreamed of inhabiting, which is a sure energy or social standing.”
Lastly on the non-spoiler entrance, LeFranc offered some clues about how The Penguin’s view of Gotham will differ to that of Batman’s, telling SFX Magazine: “Matt’s movies are via the lens of the Batman, so that you’re excessive up, wanting down on town. It’s a unique perspective. With Oz, you are within the metropolis streets, you are within the grit and the muck and the grime. He’s wanting up, desirous to claw his approach to the highest, so it is a completely different expertise. I believe Gotham is an fascinating sufficient metropolis that it deserves to have extra doorways unlocked inside it, and for us to stroll via these and see what we predict.”
As far as spoilers go, you will need to learn our The Batman ending defined article to see what story strands it arrange for The Penguin. For those that desire a temporary rundown, although: based mostly on the three trailers, and as we teased in our solid part, there will be an influence vacuum in Gotham’s legal underworld following Carmine Falcone’s dying, so a number of factions ought to make performs for his or her share of the money, medication, and weapons which might be run via town. There might also be the formation of some uneasy alliances if people like Oz want some monetary or gun-toting backing of their bids to grow to be Gotham’s new kingpin.
It seems like everybody can be making an attempt to reap the benefits of the broader chaos that engulfed Gotham in The Batman‘s finale. There are some clues about what went down in our assessment of The Batman and the aforementioned ending explainer. But, to provide you some further story hints, Farrell instructed Variety that The Penguin can be set one week after The Batman, with Gotham nonetheless underwater following The Riddler’s explosive (and profitable) plan to flood town. Judging by the trailers, it appears Oz and Sofia will see one another as kindred spirits who, regardless of their clear rivalry, are each making an attempt to show that they imply enterprise to the remainder of town’s main crime-based gamers.
Comparable although their ambitions are, Oz and Sofia will certainly be going head-to-head over the course of the present. We’d be amazed if the casualty record is not excessive and, in truth, we solely count on to see Oz reside to combat one other day by the point its finale arrives. Why? Well, due to his involvement in The Batman Part 2. Speaking of which…
Will The Penguin tie into The Batman Part 2?
Yes. Per The Wrap, Reeves confirmed Farrell will reprise his function as Oz Cobb in The Batman Part 2. That reveal got here days after Entertainment Weekly (EW) reported The Penguin will “bridge the hole” between 2022’s The Batman and its 2026 successor.
A sequel to The Batman was introduced in April 2022, only one month after the critically acclaimed movie – see the place it sits in our greatest Batman films information – flew into theaters. Considering The Penguin is a part of The Batman Epic Crime Saga, which exists separate to the remainder of James Gunn’s rebooted DC Cinematic Universe (DCU), it might be weird if the gritty TV collection did not find yourself affecting the narrative of the forthcoming movie, which was delayed out of its authentic October 2025 launch date to October 2026.
Of course, if Cobb triumphs (and we do not see why he will not) in changing into Gotham’s new crime boss, he’ll be somebody of even better curiosity to Pattinson’s Caped Crusader and Jeremy Wright’s Commissioner Gordon. After all, Oz is already on their radar after they interrogated them in The Batman to get some key intel on The Riddler. The pair might reluctantly enlist Cobb’s assist once more, then, if the subsequent menace to Gotham’s security turns into too huge for them to deal with – or, you already know, in the event that they want some filth on the subsequent legal/supervillain who desires to deliver town and/or Bruce Wayne to their knees.
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