HBO reveals trailer and release date for 'The Penguin' from SDCC 2024

“Bring down the empire from within.”

From the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 was released full official trailer from the series HBO Original, The Penguina spinoff of The Batman of Matt Reeves y Warner Bros.centered on Oz Cobblepot/Penguin, with the return of Colin Farrell in a leading role.

In the events of the film, The Penguin (Farrell) served as a lieutenant to crime boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro in The Batman), who meets a premature end.

In the series by showrunner and head writer, Lauren LeFranc, Penguin is stepping up to lead crime in Gotham City.

The plot of The Penguin It is set a week after the climax of the film. The Batman. The story will explore Oswald Cobblepot's place in the criminal underworld as Batman becomes a bigger threat to Gotham City's villains.

Reeves and his producing partner Dylan Clarkinternally called their DC expansion plans “the epic Batman crime saga.” Both are working on developing a universe of films and series derived from The Batmanstarting with the series of The Penguin.

In addition to Farrell, the cast includes Farrell, Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs, Made For Love), giving life to Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone (Turturro), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy, Emily the Criminal), Carmen Ejogo (The Crowded Room, Your Honor), Michael Kelly (Jack Ryan, House of Cards), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Renfield), Deirdre O’Connell (Daredevil, The Affair), Rhenzy Happy, Clancy Brown (Dexter), y Michael Blessing (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel).

It has not been revealed whether Robert Pattinson reprises his role as Batman in the series.

In recent days, LeFranc affirmed the importance of the series saying:

“We are the bridge between the two films”LeFranc reveals, referring to Reeves' sequel to The Batman, scheduled for 2026. “We're going almost directly into the second movie that Matt has planned.”

The limited series will have its first two episodes directed by Craig Zobel (The Hunt).

• The plot of the series will follow the events of the film.
• It consists of 8 episodes.
• The spinoff series was launched after the commercial success of the film.

Reeves is the executive producernext to Farrell, LeFranc, Dylan Clark, Zobel, and Bill CarraroWarner Bros. Television and DC Studios are the production companies.

And in case you missed it, it was recently confirmed that The Penguin leave the mark behind MAX Originalto be rebranded by the network and called an HBO Original series. This rebranding will be implemented across most of HBO's big-budget intellectual property projects. Warner Bros.

The Penguin will premiere on September 19th in HBO and in MAX.