Flickering Myth

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Matt Reeves rules out “fantastical” villains for The Batman Part II, talks The Penguin connections

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When director Matt Reeves boarded The Batman, his objective was to make a grounded and gritty film noir mystery set in Gotham City. With The Batman spin-off series The Penguin premiering later this month and The Batman Part II currently being written, Reeves has teased his plans for the sequel and how much more of this grounded reality fans can expect. The […]

There’s a storm coming in the latest trailer for The Penguin

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Warner Bros. and DC Studios are letting us peer into the darker recesses of Gotham City once again with another look at their eagerly-anticipated Oswald Cobblepot spin-off series The Penguin, which finds Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell reprising his critically acclaimed role from Matt Reeves’ $770 million grossing The Batman. The eight-episode limited series picks […]

Robert Pattinson’s Batman won’t appear in The Penguin series

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You may have been asking for too much if you wanted The Batman in a Gotham-set spinoff. As we gear up for HBO’s The Penguin, set in the universe of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, writer and showrunner Lauren LeFranc revealed that Robert Pattinson’s Batman does not have a role in the series. However, the reason […]

New poster for The Penguin featuring Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot

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We’re still a couple of years out from The Batman Part II, but Warner Bros. and DC Studios will be taking us back to the world of Matt Reeves’ Gotham City next month as Max launches the eight-episode limited series The Penguin, which picks up a week on from the events of 2022’s The Batman […]

Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey sets May 2025 release

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After starring in the smash hit Barbie last summer, Margot Robbie’s next big film has landed a release date. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey will be released on May 9th, 2025. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey stars Robbie and Colin Farrell (The Penguin). Farrell is taking over from Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy, who was cast […]

The Penguin Comic-Con trailer showcases the crime boss tearing down the empire

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Can The Penguin tear down the empire from the inside out? In the trailer for the new HBO series, we’re looking at Gotham’s crime world like never before. Colin Farrell leads the upcoming series, reprising his role from 2022’s hit film The Batman, and looks to be upping the ante. The new teaser also reveals […]

The Penguin debuts new trailer, showcasing the dark underbelly of Gotham

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Can The Penguin make Gotham City his own? In the upcoming Max Original series The Penguin, which will air this fall, we’ll see how dark and corrupted the underbelly of Batman’s city can be. Colin Farrell leads the upcoming series, reprising his role from 2022’s hit film The Batman. The second trailer for the series […]

Sugar Episode 8 Review – ‘Farewell’

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Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar has been an intriguing if up and down blend of sci-fi and noir, carried by its lead performance from Colin Farrell and sense of mystery. The final episode wraps up the dangling threads surrounding Olivia Siegel’s disappearance while hinting at further mysteries for our […]

Andrew Haigh’s Belly of the Beast to star Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell

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Director Andrew Haigh is following his 2023 smash All of Us Strangers with a new true crime story. Haigh’s Belly of the Beast will now star Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell, who have been long-rumored for the film. Andrew Haigh and Alexis Jolly adapted the script from Jerome Loving’s nonfiction book, Jack and Norman: A […]