Colin Farrell has officially signed on to reprise his role as The Penguin in HBO’s The Batman spin-off series.
Rumoured to be in the works earlier this year, DC continue to restructure their world with the announcement that Farrell has now officially signed on to star and executive produce a spin-off that would focus on The Penguin’s rise to power in the Gotham City criminal underworld.
According to Variety’s report, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s Lauren LeFranc will write the script for the series, with Farrell, The Batman director Matt Reeves and the film’s producer Dylan Clark executive producing the Penguin series.
This is the second HBO Max spin-off to come from The Batman, following the announcement that a Gotham City PD series had been commissioned. It further raises the excitement levels for Matt Reeves film because confidence in the Robert Pattinson reboot is clearly very high considering Warners appear to be using it as a foundation for their future small-screen plans.
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The Batman sees Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse) donning the cape and cowl as Bruce Wayne/Batman alongside Zoe Kravitz (Big Little Lies) as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Paul Dano (Escape at Dannemora) as Edward Nashton/The Riddler, Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) as Jim Gordon, Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Alfred Pennyworth, John Turturro (The Big Lebowski) as Carmine Falcone, Alex Ferns (Chernobyl) as Commissioner Pete Savage, Con O’Neill (Ordinary Lies) as Chief Mackenzie Bock, Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing) as Gotham D.A. Gil Colson and Jayme Lawson (Farewell Amor) as Bella Real.
The Batman is due out on March 4th, 2022.
