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Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka
The Penguin, makes a play to take over the Gotham underworld. Except for the bat signal in the last photo of the season finale, we never see Robert Pattinson “The Penguin”; In this short video, IMDb attempts to answer: Where was Batman? Colin Farrell fought hard to get his version of the cigarette-smoking Penguin in The Batman (2022), but failed. However, for his own series, the character is depicted as a casual tobacco user, preferring cigars.
Farrell steals this series
An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Featured in Graham Norton and guests: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024). He’s attractive.
There’s no cartooning
There’s nothing about the character that suggests Farrell. The New York dialect, the swing and sway, the attitude: you’d swear it was a different person. The amazing prosthetics are very realistic and add to the character. The acting is vulgar and graphic.
Well-written and tight
This is a great companion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman. In fact, I’d say this blows the Marvel line out of the water. I hope there might be a season 2, but I know it’s limited. It’s a shame.