Colin Farrell’s Batman Villain Might Get His Own HBO Max Series

Audiences are nonetheless a number of months away from assembly our new big-screen Batman, Catwoman, Riddler, and Penguin—however one already has a spin-off within the works. Variety studies that Colin Farrell, who performs Oswald Cobblepot aka the Penguin in Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman, has been approached to reprise the function in a spin-off sequence for HBO Max. No deal has been set but however studies are that Lauren LeFranc (Impulse, Chuck, Agents of SHIELD) could also be writing the script. The Batman director Matt Reeves and producer Dylan Clark will government produce. If it occurs. Which it might not. But there are talks.

The present would supposedly observe the Penguin’s rise to energy within the legal underworld of Gotham, which makes it sound like a prequel to the upcoming movie. That is, after all, except this model of the Penguin will not be fairly the supervillain followers know from the comics and different motion pictures. Or perhaps it’s a sequel. To be truthful, we don’t know rather a lot about how the villains will probably be portrayed in Reeves’ upcoming movie, simply that it takes place early in Batman’s profession when he’s nonetheless discovering his means.

The Batman continues to be set to open in March 2022 with Robert Pattinson enjoying the Caped Crusader, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, and Paul Dano because the Riddler. And whereas many different DC characters are coming to the massive display screen and HBO Max within the coming years, this particular Batman universe already has one other spinoff within the works: Reeves and Clark are additionally prepping a present centered within the Gotham City Police Department on this world.

So, what do you assume? Will film star Colin Farrell chunk and go do a streaming present on the Penguin? Do you need to see a streaming present on the Penguin? If so, prequel or sequel? Let us know beneath.

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