Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc says the HBO series is the story of Oswald's rise to power in Gotham City.
Colin Farrell almost stole the show in Batmandisappearing under layers of incredibly convincing prosthetics to play Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin. While we wait Batman Part IIwe will be thrown back into the criminal underworld of Gotham City with PenguinHBO series dedicated to the main character. Penguin Oswald will take advantage of the power vacuum left by Carmine Falcone's death, with showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc revealing Empire what series will be Face with a scar history happening in the world Batman.
«Matt [Reeves came up] with this Face with a scar history – coming to power,“LaFrank explained.I turned it into a psychological character study of this man. Gangsters are historically larger than life, so there's this slightly elevated quality to it, but he's just a man. A very complex man.«
In addition to describing Oswald's path to the summit, Penguin The series will also explore his life's motives, particularly his relationship with his unstable mother.This is what sets him apart from previous versions of Penguin in the comics, where he came from a wealthy and famous family,“- said LeFranc.Matt had already made him an outsider because he was second to Carmine Falcone in the movie, but we didn't know anything about his family. So it was important to me that he came from nowhere, and he really wants to gain more status and seem more important.«
Besides Colin Farrell, Penguin The series stars Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, the daughter of the late Carmine; Renzi Feliz as Victor Aguilar, Oswald's driver; Michael Kelly as Johnny Viti, an underboss in the Falcone family; and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, a rival gangster. The series also stars Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo, and Theo Rossi.
Penguin It was originally designed by Max, but has since been switched to HBO along with several other shows that were originally announced for Max. The series will debut on HBO September 19. Concerning Batman Part IIwe have quite a long wait ahead of us as the film was postponed for a whole year and will now be released in cinemas October 2, 2026.