The teaser trailer shows the aftermath that Batman has caused through Colin Farrell's title character, who calls him a "madman" in today's teaser. It's a new world, John Turturro's crime king Carmine Falcone is dead and The Penguin is in charge.
Or not?
Front and center in the second teaser is Cristin Milioti’s fierce Sofia Falcone: “I’m the daughter of the Falcone don, but he’s dead…I refuse to let these old men push me aside again. So, I’m gonna take from them now. And I’m gonna force them to their knees.”
Like many female villains in the latest canon of Batman following Tim Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns, they're not entirely evil. Femme fatales are more like them, and it looks like Penguin has found one in Sofia.
The eight-episode series, which first entered development in September 2021, is a spin-off of The Batman, Matt Reeves' 2022 blockbuster that grossed $772M, and will finally premiere this September.
The Penguin was developed by showrunner Lauren LeFranc.
The series also stars Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O'Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Madio (Milos Grapa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo) and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush).
The Penguin is produced by Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro.
The series is based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, and is produced by Reeves' 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Reeves and 6th & Idaho have an overall deal with WBTV. Daniel Pipski is also executive producer.
Reeves' Batman is part of a DC else-verse, running alongside Peter Safran and James Gunn's Phase One of their Gods and Monsters DC universe that kicks off with the theatrical release of Superman on July 11, 2025. Reeves' sequel , The Batman II, will hit theaters on October 2, 2026.
Safran and Gunn have their own Batman in the works with Andy Muschietti directing, The Brave and the Bold, which follows Bruce Wayne and the feisty, renegade son he didn't know he had: Damien Wayne, who takes on the alias Robin.
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