Colin Farrell wants you to know that his upcoming series, The Penguin, might be the darkest on Max yet.
The actor has already mentioned the brutal tone of The Batman spin-off, but he’s back at it again. Speaking with HeyUGuys, we get even more insight into the series.
“Tons of violence, abject darkness, and a man at great struggle to try and claw his way to the top of the power vacuum that was created at the end of The Batman film,” said Farrell. “You know, with the death of Carmine Falcone, there’s a power grab in Gotham now.”
“It’s dark, man,” he adds. “Lauren LeFranc wrote, with her room of writers and she was the showrunner, she wrote eight extraordinary episodes of story. I mean just really, really bold stuff. I couldn’t believe that it got as dark as it gets, so that’s what to expect. It would be a hard R, I think, if it was in the cinemas.”
Check out The Penguin’s official teaser below…
Taking place one week following the events of The Batman, the series explores the rise to power of Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot/Penguin in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.
Featuring in the cast of The Penguin are Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, David H. Holmes and Jared Abrahamson.
The Penguin will premiere this fall on Max.
