Matt Reeves’ 2022 take on The Batman reimagined the world of the caped crusader in a grimier, more down-to-earth setting. Now its new spin-off series The Penguin takes this one step further with a grounded eight-part gangster series that feels closer to The Sopranos than the world of superheroes.
Framed as an origin story for one of Batman’s best members of the rogues gallery, Oswald Cobb (not Cobblepot in this version), the series charts the Penguin’s rise and rise in Gotham’s criminal underbelly. Colin Farrell is back as the heavily prosthetic-laden character as the show picks up in the weeks following the events of The Batman.
