Colin Farrell has announced that his penguin spin-off series will be eight episodes long. In a podcast with Variety, the Oscar-nominated actor dropped key details about the BatVerse series, revealing that the schedule will be finalized about a week after Matt Reeves’ The Batman movie ends. Filming will begin soon, with Mare of Easttown’s Craig Zobel directing. The news comes after DC Studios announced the release date for The Batman: Part II, set for October 3, 2025. That’s also worth mentioning The Penguin The series was billed as an HBO Max production, so it may not appear on Disney + Hotstar – as seen at peacemakerwhich was released on Amazon Prime Video seven months after it originally aired in the US.
“It’s going to be an eight-part thing centered around Oz’s rise to power that will fill the power vacuum created when Falcone was killed. Matt’s idea was that the penguin show should start about a week after the end of The Batman Movie,” Farel told diversity. “And if it works, if the trajectory is interesting and the audience engages with it and we’re doing our job right, the second penguin Function will pick up where the HBO Show will end.” Farrell’s comments resonate reeves Comments from the last month claiming that the series ‘closely connected‘ to the film arc that eventually leads in The Batman sequel. in a (n interview last year, the actor confirmed that the series will be six to eight hours long – typical for an HBO show.
Farrell will reprise his role as crime boss Oswald Cobblepot, with the series depicting his rise to the top following the death of Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) in The Batman. In the meantime, Cristin Millioti (Palm Springs) is set to play his daughter, Sophia Falcone, who was first introduced in the acclaimed noir graphic novel Batman: The Long Halloween. As the show takes place just a week after the events of the film, Gotham City is still underwater. “I read the first script of the first episode and it opens as my feet splash through the water in Falcone’s office. Even that alone, as I read it, I thought, “Oh, Jesus!” Farrell recounted diversity last year.
Reeves, who serves as executive producer The Penguin Series, also seeks to expand its grounded universe by further exploring the Dark Knight’s Rogues Gallery. previous reports suggested that the director wanted to tell spin-off stories of characters like Scarecrow, Clayface, and Professor Pyg. In the meantime, The Batman: Part II will continue to focus Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, unlike other iterations where the villains take center stage in the follow-ups. Reeves also has an Arkham series in the works. The show was originally set to be set within the GCPD (Gotham City Police Department) but then switched to focus on the remote island station of Reeves revealed last year.
earlier this week, DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn revealed part of his 8-10 year plan for the new DC universeWhere is he confirmed that Reeves The Batman The universe will run separately from the mainline arc and strictly as “DC Elseworlds‘. The same rule applies to Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel and Teen Titans GO! Additionally the DCU will introduce a new Batman alongside his biological son Damian Wayne as Robin. The film is called The Brave and the Bold and is based on the comic book series by author Grant Morrison, in which Bruce takes on the role of parent.
There is currently no release window for HBO Max The Penguin.
