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Plot
After the events of Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka
the Penguin, a game to take over the reins of the crime world in Gotham.. Apart from the bat signal in the last frame of the season finale, we never got our Robert Pattinson in a cameo role in "The Penguin" In this short video, IMDb tries to answer: Where the hell was Batman?. Colin Farrell fought hard to have his version of the Penguin smoke tobacco in Batman (2022), but failed.
The DC Studios logo is set in a rainy Gotham alley
For his own series, however, the character is depicted as an occasional smoker, with a penchant for cigars.. The umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo.
Featured on The Graham Norton Show: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024)
The first episode is a direct sequel to Matt Reeves' Batman and I imagine those who haven’t seen the latter will be a bit lost. But I watched Batman a while ago, and this series did a great job of quickly reacquainting me with where the movie left off without getting bogged down in a didactic recap. It also captures the film’s aesthetic and somber tone nicely, though the series has many more moments of slyness.
frivolity than was the case in the film
As in Batman, Colin Farrell brilliantly portrays the Penguin as a stereotypical mobster "streetfighter:" rough, profane, tough, and quick to violence; but also smart, cunning, and able to read people. That the character may have absolutely nothing to do with the comic book version, but he’s interesting in his own right. I’m skeptical about the show casting the Penguin as a teenage sidekick; and I don’t know if the Penguin’s scheming will be enough to sustain a full season.