The Batman’s HBO Max universe grows. Colin Farrell’s crime lord Oswald Cobblepot/ Penguin, who will likely be first seen within the Robert Pattinson-led The Batman film subsequent 12 months, is reportedly set to get his personal prequel spin-off collection on HBO Max. Farrell is in talks to reprise his function. Lauren LeFranc (Brokers of SHIELD) is about as head author and showrunner. The Batman director Matt Reeves is among the many govt producers. The Penguin HBO Max collection is being in comparison with the Al Pacino-led Scarface film, and can depict the rise of Cobblepot (although I assume they’ll skip on the character’s fall, not like Scarface).
Deadline and Selection introduced phrase of HBO Max creating a second The Batman prequel spin-off collection, this one centred on Batman’s villain Penguin, noting that it is “very early” in improvement. HBO Max declined to remark. In The Batman film which is about within the second 12 months of Bruce Wayne’s (Pattinson) crime preventing years, Cobblepot shouldn’t be but on the top of his energy, so the Penguin HBO Max collection will naturally see him in an excellent earlier section of life.
Behind the scenes, The Batman producer Dylan Clark will be part of Reeves as govt producer. The Penguin HBO Max collection will likely be produced by Reeves’ sixth & Idaho banner, Dylan Clark Productions, DC Leisure, and Warner Bros. Tv. For HBO Max, it joins the opposite The Batman prequel spin-off collection — from Joe Barton (Giri/Haji) as showrunner — that will likely be set contained in the Gotham Metropolis Police Division and observe a crooked cop a 12 months previous to the movie’s occasions.
Like with Marvel Studios and Disney+ for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. and HBO Max have been working to develop the DC multiverse throughout movie and TV. The Suicide Squad writer-director James Gunn will give us the John Cena-led Peacemaker in January 2022. Arrowverse architect Greg Berlanti is creating a Inexperienced Lantern collection. Michael B. Jordan is creating a Val-Zod Black Superman miniseries. And J.J. Abrams, as a part of his mega WarnerMedia deal, is engaged on Justice League Darkish, Constantine, and Madame X.
Past that, HBO Max additionally has plenty of DC movies in improvement. That features Batgirl with Within the Heights star Leslie Grace, Blue Beetle with Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña, and Birds of Prey spin-off Black Canary with Jurnee Smollett reprising her function. That is along with DC motion pictures coming to theatres, together with Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam in July 2022, The Flash film with Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, and Michael Keaton in November 2022, Jason Momoa-led Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom in December 2022, and the sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods in June 2023.
The Batman releases March 4, 2022 in cinemas worldwide. No phrase on a launch window for the Penguin HBO Max collection.
