It would be a while before the sequel to The Batman comes to theatres, but Max is going to be bringing back Matt Reeves’ Gotham City with the upcoming spinoff The Penguin.
A new featurette gives us a good look at the themes of the series, and the major players that Oz (Colin Farrell) are going to be going up against now that there’s a power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone. Check this out:
Matt Reeves says about the series, “To me what was very important is this idea of the high and the low; the idea of the parts of the city that are insulated, and then the people who are struggling just day to day to get by. The Penguin is really looking at the profound corruption of Gotham. It’s kind of a dark American dream story, really.”
Multiple people have been comparing The Penguin to HBO’s hit series The Sopranos, and think this has become a new trend for comic book movies where they take a cult auteur classic and just give it a comic book twist. Probably the most glaring example of this is Joker which a lot of people say is just Scorsese’s King of Comedy and Taxi Driver but with a Batman flavouring.
Either way, The Penguin does look pretty interesting. Farrell has a very different take on the character, and it would be fun to see just exactly what Batman is missing when it comes to protecting Gotham. Not only do we have Oz in the spotlight, but the character of Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) also looks like she can cause a lot of chaos, and it would be fantastic if she was able to do what very few shows do and become a mainstay in the comics depending on how good her character will be on this show.
The Penguin premieres on Max on Sept. 19.
