Report: Colin Farrell will return as The Penguin in a HBO Max spinoff

Colin Farrell will be returning to The Penguin’s role before the first movie was released. For an HBO Max spinoff series, the actor will reprise his role as Batman’s villain. BatmanVariety reports that Farrell will be the star of and executive produce.

The series will reportedly explore the origins of The Penguin and how he came to rise through the ranks of Gotham City’s underworld to become one of its strangest and most feared criminals. Lauren LeFranc (SHIELD agentsThe series will be written by ), BatmanThe executive producers of the streaming production will include director Matt Reeves as well as Dylan Clark, producer.

Farrell will play the famous villain in this Spinoff before it arrives. BatmanThe movie will be released in cinemas on March 4, 2022. Farrell stars alongside Robert Pattinson as Batman himself, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth.

This new Penguin series isn’t the only HBO Max spinoff of Batman. Reeves had previously confirmed that HBO Max would produce a new spinoff series that will focus on Gotham City’s Police Department. That show is set to explore the corruption of Gotham’s police and city officials. Based on Reeves’ own descriptions of the show, which he says will focus on Batman’s “Year One” as he begins to disrupt Gotham’s underworld and police alike, will technically serve as a prequel to the movie — which Reeves has described as Batman “Year Two.”