The Penguin (TV series)
The Penguin | |
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Lauren LeFranc | |
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Showrunner | Lauren LeFranc |
Written by | Lauren LeFranc |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers |
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Production location | New York |
Cinematography | Darran Tiernan |
Editor | Andy Keir |
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Original release | |
Network | Max |
The Penguin is an upcoming American television
The Penguin is scheduled to be released on Max in late 2024 and will consist of eight episodes.
Premise
Taking place one week following the events of The Batman (2022),[1] the series explores the rise to power of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / Penguin in Gotham City's criminal underworld.[2]
Cast and characters
Main
- crime lord and the former chief lieutenant of the late crime boss Carmine Falcone who is on the rise to becoming a criminal kingpin in his own right.[2][3] Farrell said the series would further explore the character's "awkwardness, and his strength, and his villainy" as well as the "heartbroken man inside there" beyond his introduction in The Batman (2022).[4]
- Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone: Carmine's daughter who fights Cobblepot for control of Gotham City's criminal underworld after her father's death[5]
Recurring
- Salvatore Maroni: A mob boss and gangster in Gotham City whose operation ended in Gotham's historic drug bust, in which Carmine was the informant[6]
- Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone: Carmine's son and Sofia's brother[7]
- Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti: The underboss of the Falcone crime family[8]
Actors cast in undisclosed roles include Rhenzy Feliz as a lead character,[9] Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O'Connell,[10] James Madio, Scott Cohen,[7] Theo Rossi,[11] Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, David H. Holmes,[12] Craig Walker,[13] and Jared Abrahamson.[14]
Episodes
No. Lauren LeFranc Late 2024[17] | | |||
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2 | TBA | Craig Zobel[16] | Lauren LeFranc | 2024 |
3 | TBA | Craig Zobel[9] | Lauren LeFranc | 2024 |
The series will consist of eight episodes,[15] which were written by Lauren LeFranc.[1] Helen Shaver also serves as a director.[18][19]
Production
Development
By September 2021,
Star Colin Farrell said in July 2022 that Reeves would not be directing the series but was providing guidance on the structure of the scripts and was involved in choosing who would direct them.[24] In October, Craig Zobel was hired to direct the first three episodes of the series and to serve as an executive producer.[16][9][25] It was unclear then if Reeves' future DC projects for a planned The Batman shared universe would be placed under the control of James Gunn and Peter Safran, heads of the then-recently announced DC Studios that was set to lead DC's film and television projects, or under the supervision of Warner Bros. Pictures co-chairmen Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.[26] Gunn confirmed soon after that DC Studios would oversee all DC productions, and had contacted Reeves about his projects by then.[27]
When announcing the first projects for the new DC franchise the
Writing
The series begins one week after the events of The Batman, following the flooding of
Farrell read the first episode by mid-October 2022 and called it tasty and unusual, and was excited to further explore the "bang up of Oz" that Reeves envisioned for the character. He was set to read the second and third episodes the following week.[1] The scripts were completed by the start of May 2023.[38] Sarah Aubrey, the head of originals for HBO Max, said the goal for the series was to explore Oz's life that is rooted in the streets of Gotham and described him as "a hustler and a strategist with his own ambitions".[15]
Casting
By the time development was revealed to be underway on the series in September 2021, Colin Farrell had been approached about reprising his role as Penguin from The Batman, but was not contractually obligated to reprise his role.
Design
Farrell said Mike Marino, the makeup designer for The Batman, would return for the series,[4] and he felt the makeup was subtly perfected more, allowing for him to freely explore beyond his facial features.[34] Helen Huang serves as the costume designer,[39] and Kalina Ivanov serves as the production designer.[40]
Filming
Post-production
Andy Keir serves as an editor on the series.[53][third-party source needed]
Marketing
The first footage from the series' production was released on April 12, 2023, during the Max Day press event.[32][54] Anthony D'Alessandro of Deadline Hollywood said the footage had "the look of a dark Sopranos, with Farrell playing a full-on crime boss",[32] while Matt Patches at Polygon also highlighted the Sopranos energy and noted it continued to use the "dark, orange-washed aesthetic" from The Batman.[55] Ryan Scott of /Film said the teaser, which combined the series' footage with behind-the-scenes work, was "shockingly put together" given filming had only recently begun then and that it looked like a "very gritty crime drama". He also noted the teaser billed the series as "the next chapter in The Batman saga".[56] Andy Behbakht for Screen Rant said it would be "fascinating to see how" the series was executed with the Penguin being the lead, given there had not been a previous Batman-related series headlined by a particular villain.[57] New footage was included in a teaser for Max's 2024 content line-up in December 2023.[58]
The first trailer was screened on March 21, 2024, for a
Release
The Penguin is scheduled to be released on the streaming service Max in late 2024,[17] and will consist of eight episodes.[15] It was initially planned for a mid-2024 premiere but was delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.[17]
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External links
- The Penguin at IMDb
- The Penguin on Max (Archived February 27, 2024, at the Wayback Machine)