"The Batman" Spinoff Series "The Penguin" Gets First Look and 2024 Release Window

Max, a combination of the HBO Max and Discovery+ services, has unveiled the first look at “The Penguin”, the spinoff series focusing on Colin Farrell’s titular Gotham City gangster from the 2022 blockbuster movie “The Batman”.

The spinoff series, which is currently in production, will run for eight episodes.  In the movie, Paul Dano’s The Riddler kills Carmine Falcone, one of Gotham City’s top mob bosses, he floods the major downtown area in a coordinated terrorist attack — leaving Farrell’s Cobblepot with a city in chaos and a power vacuum within Gotham’s underworld.

The series also features Cristin Milioti as Carmine’s daughter Sofia Falcone, Michael Zegen as Carmine’s son Alberto Falcone, and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, who used to be the top gangster in Gotham. 

It also stars Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes.

Lauren LeFranc is the executive producer and showrunner of the series, with “The Batman” writer-director Matt Reeves executive producing through his production company 6th & Idaho. 

Executive producer Craig Zobel is directing the first three episodes; other exec producers include Farrell, Dylan Clark, Daniel Pipski, and Bill Carraro. Ravi Crohn is co-executive producing, and Warner Bros. Television is the studio.

“The Penguin” will debut sometime later in 2024.