The Penguin Scores September Premiere Date on HBO — Watch Final Trailer for The Batman Spinoff
The Penguin, the Colin Ferrell-led TV series follow-up to Matt Reeves 2022 film The Batman, will premiere on a special night — Thursday, Sept. 19, at 9/8c on HBO (and stream on Max).
Subsequent episodes will then air Sundays at 9 pm. An encore presentation of Episode 1 will be shown on Sept. 22; Episode 2 will then follow on Sept. 29.
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Originally announced as a Max Original, The Penguin — like several ot he upcoming series, including Dune: Prophecy, the IT prequel Welcome to Derry and the (green) Lanterns DC hero series — was recently rerouted to HBO.
The announcement of the DC crime drama’s premiere date at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday evening was accompanied by the release of the final trailer, as seen above.
In the offshoot of Reeves’ The Batman, Farrell’s title character hopes to call the shots in Gotham after Carmine Falcone’s demise. Oz, though, immediately finds himself up against Carmine’s children — Sofia (How I Met Your Mother‘s Cristin Milioti) and Alberto (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Michael Zegen) — among several others who have no intention of letting him take control of Gotham’s criminal underbelly.
Ordered to series over two years ago, the eight-episode Warner Bros. Television/DC Studios drama “continues the epic crime saga” that filmmaker Reeves began in 2022 with Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Batman.
The previously announced cast also includes Rhenzy Feliz (Marvel’s Runaways), Michael Kelly (House of Cards), Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse), Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range), Clancy Brown (Billions), James Madio (The Offer), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy), Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls) and Carmen Ejogo (Your Honor).
The Penguin is executive-produced by Reeves, Farrell, Dylan Clark, Lauren LeFranc (who writes and serves as showrunner), Craig Zobel (who directed the first three episodes) and Bill Carraro.
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