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The Penguin season 1 is a spin-off series from the 2022 film, The Batman. The series is created by Lauren LeFranc and is set one week after the events of the movie. The highly-anticipated show explores Oswald Cobblepot a.k.a Penguin's rise to power in Gotham City's criminal underworld. It depicts his origin story as he transforms from a mid-level mobster into a formidable crime kingpin, who becomes one of Batman's greatest adversaries.
Colin Farrell reprises his role from The Batman and leads the show's star cast as the titular Penguin. The show's synopsis, as per Rotten Tomatoes, reads:
"The next chapter in The Batman saga, this crime drama follows Oz Cobb’s quest for power and control in Gotham City."
Release schedule of The Penguin season 1
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Here is a complete list of all the episodes of The Penguin season 1 along with their release dates:
- Episode 1: "After Hours" - Airing on September 19, 2024
- Episode 2: "Inside Man" - Airing on September 29, 2024
- Episode 3: "Bliss" - Airing on October 6, 2024
- Episode 4: "Cent'anni" - Airing on October 13, 2024
- Episode 5: "Homecoming" - Airing on October 20, 2024
- Episode 6: Airing on October 27, 2024
- Episode 7: Airing on November 3, 2024
- Episode 8: Airing on November 10, 2024
The Penguin season 1 will air its first episode titled "After Hours" at 9 pm ET (6 pm PT) on Thursday, September 19, 2024, on HBO and Max. Following this, the episodes will air on Sundays instead of Thursdays, meaning that the show's second episode will air on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at the same time. All further episodes will continue airing every subsequent Sunday until November 10, 2024.
The show's debut episode takes off from where The Batman ended. Following Carmine Falcone's death at the film's end, Penguin is determined to take his place as the city's crime kingpin. However, his bid to take over the city is challenged by other would-be leaders with similar intentions.
Production and directors of The Penguin season 1
The eight-episode series is written by Lauren LeFranc, Erika L. Johnson, John McCutcheon, Noelle Valdivia, Breannah Gibson, Shaye Ogbonna, Vladimir Cvetko, and Nick Towne. Furthermore, Craig Zobel and Helen Shaver have directed the first five episodes of the crime saga.
The Penguin season 1 is produced by 6th & Idaho Productions, Dylan Clark Productions, DC Studios, and Warner Bros. Television. Among the show's executive producers are Matt Reeves, Lauren LeFranc, Colin Farrell, Adam Kassan, Dylan Clark, Craig Zobel, Bill Carraro, and Daniel Pipski.
The cast and recurring characters of The Penguin season 1
The cast list of The Penguin is given below:
- Colin Farrell as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot / Penguin
- Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone
- Rhenzy Feliz as Victor Aguilar
- Mark Strong as Carmine Falcone
- Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadia Maroni
- Deirdre O'Connell as Francis Cobblepot
- Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni
- James Madio as Milos Grapa
- Scott Cohen as Luca Falcone
- Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone
- Theo Rossi as Julian Rush
- Carmen Ejogo as Eve Karlo
- Craig Walker as Detective Marcus Wise
- David H. Holmes as Nick Fuchs
Additionally, François Chau and Jared Abrahamson will star in the series in undisclosed roles.
All episodes of The Penguin will be available on HBO and Max.
