While Batfans have to wait another two years for the sequel to The Batman, the Penguin spin-off show with Colin Farrell reprising his role is still in the wings. Farrell’s portrayal of the Penguin is more of a traditional gangster rather than Danny Devito’s revenge-fueled mutant and Robin Lord Taylor’s eccentric psychopath and he can’t wait for fans to see it.
Talking to Jonatan Blomberg from MovieZine while promoting the upcoming Sugar series on AppleTV+, the two briefly talked about Penguin. Farrell said they recently wrapped the first season and it was a long and wonderful experience to play in that world again, but prepared fans for what’s to come.
“It’s really dark and really heavy, I think. It certainly was doing it, which is not to say I didn’t have fun I had an amazing time but it’s incredibly violent,” the actor said. “It’s one man’s rise to what he’s always dreamed of inhabiting–which is a certain power or social status. The death of Carmine Falcone at the end of the film leaves this vacuum in Gotham to be filled. So there are various people grabbing for that power and this is Oswald’s journey to the top through extraordinary obstacles.”
Farrell also praised showrunner and writer Lauren LeFranc’s scripts saying she wrote eight hours of “really twisted” television.
Premiering this fall on HBO, The Penguin will consist of eight episodes, written and helmed by LeFranc with The Batman director Matt Reeves serving as an executive producer.
