The preview was part of the company’s unveiling Wednesday of its streaming service, Max, a combination of the HBO Max and Discovery+ services.
Warner Bros. Discovery presented the first preview of The Penguinthe spin-off series of the hit 2022 movie batman which centers on the gangster played again by Colin Farrell. The preview was part of the company’s presentation on Wednesday of its streaming service, Maxa combination of services HBO Max and Discovery+.
“The Penguins”which is currently in production, will run for eight episodes. Spoiler alert for The Batman: after the Riddler’s Paul Dano kills Carmine Falcone, one of Gotham City’s top mob bosses, floods the main downtown area in a coordinated terrorist attack, leaving Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot with a city in chaos and a power vacuum within Gotham’s underworld .
Along with Farrell are Cristin Milioti (“Made for Love”) as Carmine’s daughter, Sofia Falcone; michael zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Carmine’s son, Alberto Falcone; and Clancy Brown (“John Wick: Chapter 4”) as Salvatore Maroni, who used to be Gotham’s top gangster. they join Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes.
Lauren LeFranc (“Agents of SHIELD”) is executive producing and showrunning the series, with “The Batman” writer-director Matt Reeves serving as executive producer through his production company 6th & Idaho.
Executive producer Craig Zobel (“Mare of Easttown”) is directing the first three episodes; other executive producers include Farrell, Dylan Clark, Daniel Pipski and Bill Carraro. Ravi Crohn is co-executive producer and Warner Bros. Television is studio.
The Penguin does not yet have a confirmed release date.
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