The Penguin is a direct spin-off from the 2022, The Batman film.
The HBO series (moved from HBO Max) that explores the Penguin's rise to power in Gotham City's criminal underworld.
Colin Farrell stars as the Penguin, reprising his role from The Batman, alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Zegen, Berto Colón, Scott Cohen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Theo Rossi, James Madio, Nadine Malouf, Joshua Bitton, David H. Holmes, Daniel J. Watts, Jared Abrahamson, Ben Cook, Jayme Lawson, Aleska Palladino, Craig Walker, Tess Soltau, Marié Botha, Michael Kelly, and Mark Strong.
The film's director, Matt Reeves, supervised the writing and was involved in hiring the creative team.
The Penguin commenced it's short, eight episode miniseries, mid-September, concluding at lunch today.
The series has received positive reviews for its performances, writing, and direction. It also acts as a promo vehicle for the sequel to 2022's The Batman with Robert Pattinson.
Before I get into the finale (SPOILERS AHEAD), the Penguin is far from my favourite Batman villain. And in the recent The Batman film, I loved Selina Kyle AKA Catwoman.
That said Colin Farrell is remarkable in this series. HBO have also (across all platforms) reported massive ratings for the Batman spin-off.
So how did things wrap up in the finale in this miniseries ahead of the next film in 2026. Where Farrell will return!
In, A Great or Little Thing, using EMG therapy, Rush learns that Francis already knew about Oz drowning his brothers and tried to have him killed but could not bring herself to do it. Oz is brought to Sofia, who makes Francis confess the truth.
When Oz fails to show any remorse for his actions, Francis disowns him before suffering a stroke.
Oz escapes, kills the detective, and brings Francis to the hospital. Meanwhile, the local bosses abandon Oz for Sofia, who puts out a bounty for Oz as she prepares to leave Gotham.
Victor arranges for the bosses to be murdered. Oz abducts Sofia, seemingly to murder her, but instead has his police contacts return her to Arkham.
Oz and Victor visit Francis to celebrate, only to learn that she entered a vegetative state, causing Oz to break down. Deciding that Victor has seen too much, Oz strangles him to death.
Meanwhile, Rush, who has returned to Arkham to care for Sofia, hands her a letter from her half-sister, Selina Kyle.
Oz takes the vegetative Francis to a new penthouse suite, where he dances with Eve dressed as Francis, as the Bat-Signal shines in the sky.
It all ends in one tidy manner. This opens HBO open to showcase their 2025 programming. Let's just say it'g going to be huge. With returning favourites, shows returning after a year or so off, across Max and HBO, Foxtel better hope they get to keep this content on their streamer.
Returning next year, you ask....
The White Lotus, Peacemaker, Hacks (streams on Stan in Australia), The Last of Us, And Just Like That, The Righteous Gemstones, The Rehearsal and The Gilded Age.
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