New Trailer for DC's THE PENGUIN - "I'm Gonna Be the New Kingpin of Gotham"
Max has released a new trailer for Matt Reeves’ upcoming DC crime series The Penguin, a spinoff of The Batman that will tell the story of Oswald Cobb’s rise to becoming the new kingpin of Gotham City.
Colin Farrell reprises his role as the Penguin, and he is making his moves to take control of the criminal enterprise the city.
This trailer offers more new footage from the series and teases insight on what it’s going to take for Oswald to get what he wants.
The eight-episode Penguin series has been described as a “Scarface-like” series that will see the rise of the villain in the criminal underworld of Gotham City. It was also confirmed that the series will lead directly into the events of The Batman: Part Two.
When previously talking about the movie, Farrell said: “It’s dark, that’s what I can tell you about it. It’s really dark, and really heavy, I think, certainly it was doing it. Which is not to say I didn’t have fun. I had an amazing time. But it’s incredibly violent.”
When talking about the story he said: "It's one man's rise to what he's always dreamed of inhabiting, which is a certain power or social status. And the death of Carmine Falcone at the end of the film leaves this vacuum in Gotham to be filled.
“And so there are various people that are grabbing for that power and this is Oswald's journey, trying to rise to the top, through extraordinary obstacles and it's super dark. Lauren LeFranc wrote a really twisted eight hours of television."
The series stars Cristin Milioti, who plays female lead Sofia Falcone, and Rhenzy Feliz, who is playing a teen whom The Penguin befriends and makes his driver. The rest of the cast includes Michael Kelly (House of Cards, Jack Ryan), Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse, House Of Sand And Fog) and Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range) have joined the DC series.
Lauren LeFranc will serve as writer and showrunner on the series, and when talking about it, he said, “I have long been a fan of the world of The Batman, and Matt’s film is such a powerful and bold entry into the canon.
The Penguin is set to premiere on September 19th.