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The Penguin is an American crime drama television miniseries developed by Lauren LeFranc for HBO.Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, it serves as a spin-off from the 2022 film The Batman, and follows Oz Cobb's rise to power in Gotham City's criminal underworld.
Starring Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, aka "The Penguin," the limited series is a continuation of "The Batman" movie from director Matt Reeves that came out in 2022. The series centers on the ...
When writing the episode, Craig Zobel focused on ensuring continuity with Matt Reeves' The Batman (2022) and establishing the narrative for the first three episodes. "After Hours" focuses on Oz Cobb, with Zobel's intention being to write the episode from a grounded perspective, citing John Cassavetes’ Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Gordon Parks' photography as inspiring the overall ...
"Top Hat" is the seventh episode of the American crime drama television miniseries The Penguin, a spin-off from the film The Batman. The episode was written by co-executive producer Vladimir Cvetko, and directed by Kevin Bray. It was first broadcast on HBO in the United States on November 3, 2024, and also was available on Max on the same date.
“The Penguin” is set one week after the events of Matt Reeves’ 2022 movie “The Batman,” but it would be too simplistic to call it a villain origin story. Instead, HBO’s limited series ...
The Penguin, the Colin Ferrell-led TV series follow-up to Matt Reeves 2022 film The Batman, will premiere on a special night — Thursday, Sept. 19, at 9/8c on HBO (and stream on Max). Subsequent ...
Andy Andersen of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "The Penguin ' s gamble on telling a Gotham story sans Batman has paid off in dividends, materializing into one of the best shows of the year and a comic-book origin story that speaks to the times without losing sight of the source material's heightened reality. Oz is ...
A couple of years after the release of The Batman (and with a direct sequel taking its time getting made), HBO’s The Penguin arrives to offer fans their first follow-up to Matt Reeves’ hit film.