Colin Farrell Will Continue To Play His ‘Batman’ Penguin In New HBO Max Series

AP

Colin Farrell‘s Penguin will continue to stay afloat, moving from Matt Reeves’ upcoming feature film on March 4, 2022 into a new Gotham-set HBO Max series.

Farrell is starring in and executive producing the new HBO Max series, which centers on Penguin’s rise to power in the Gotham criminal underworld. Lauren LeFranc is attached to write the script.

Reeves and The Batman producer Dylan Clark would executive produce the Penguin series under their 6th & Idaho and Dylan Clark Productions bannersm respectively. Warner Bros Television is producing.

HBO Max provided no comment when reached.

The Penguin would be the second HBO Max spinoff of Reeves’ upcoming The Batman. The first, set at the Gotham Police Department, has Joe Barton as showrunner.

Variety had the news about Farrell’s attachment to the new HBO Max series.