Colin Farrell has said that his Penguin spin-off series will be eight episodes long. On a podcast with Variety, the Oscar-nominated actor dropped key details about the Batverse series, revealing that it’s set about a week after the end of Matt Reeves’ The Batman movie. Filming will soon be attached with Craig Zobel directing from Mare of Easttown. The news comes in the wake of DC Studios announcing the release date for The Batman: Part II, which is set to release on October 3, 2025. It is also worth noting that the Penguin The series is billed as an HBO Max production, so it might not drop on Disney+ Hotstar – as seen peacemakerwhich was released on Amazon Prime Video seven months after the original US broadcast.
“It’s going to be an eight-part thing around Oz coming to power, filling the power vacuum that was created when Falcone was killed. Matt’s idea was to start about a week after The Penguin Show ended. Batman film,” Farrell Said Diversity, “And if it works, if the trajectory is interesting, and the audience goes for it, and we do our job properly, another the Penguin Will pick up the facility where HBO The show will end. Pharrell’s comments echo Reeves’ Comments from last month, which claimed the series would ‘happen’tightly bound‘ to the arc of the movies, eventually leading batman sequel, in one Interview Since last year, the actor confirmed that the series would be six to eight hours long — in typical fashion for an HBO show.
Farrell will reprise his role as crime boss Oswald Cobblepot, with the series culminating after the death of Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) in The Batman. During this, Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs) is attached to play the latter’s daughter, Sophia Falcone, who was first introduced in the acclaimed noir graphic novel, Batman: The Long Halloween. Since the show is set exactly one week after the events of the film, Gotham City Still somewhat under water. “I read the first script for the first episode and it opened on my feet in Falcone’s office splashing water. Even when I read it, I was like, ‘Oh, Jesus!'” Farrell explained. Diversity Last year.
Reeves, who will executive-produce the Penguin The series is also looking to expand its Grounded universe by exploring more of the Dark Knight’s rogues gallery. Of earlier reports suggested that the director was looking to tell spin-off stories of characters such as the Scarecrow, Clayface and Professor Pyg. During this, The Batman: Part II will continue to focus on Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, unlike other iterations where the villain plays the main role in the follow-up. Reeves also has the Arkham series in the works. The show was initially planned to be set within the GCPD (Gotham City Police Department), but switched to the remote island-set asylum, focusing on Reeves. revealed Last year.
earlier this week, dc studio co-chief executive officer james gunn revealed a part of its 8-10 year plan for the new dc universewhere is he Confirmed that reeves’ Batman The universe will run separate from the mainline arc and will be strictly labeled as ‘DC Elseworlds, The same rule applies to Todd Phillips. joker sequel and Teen Titans Go! moreover, dcu Will introduce a new Batman with his biological son Damian Wayne as Robin. The film is called The Brave and the Bold, and is based on writer Grant Morrison’s comic book run that sees Bruce assuming the duties of a parent.
Currently, there is no release window for hbo max the Penguin,