The Penguin HBO Max Series Starring Colin Farrell Casts Cristin Milioti - Variety

Cristin Milioti is joining Colin Farrell successful “The Batman” spinoff bid centered connected The Penguin astatine HBO Max, Variety has learned.

Exact crippled details for the series, which is presently titled “The Penguin,” are nether wraps. It is believed to instrumentality spot successful the contiguous aftermath of the events of “The Batman.” Farrell volition reprise the relation of the infamous Batman villain, whom helium played successful the film.

Milioti volition prima arsenic Sofia Falcone, the girl of Gotham mob brag Carmine Falcone. John Turturro played Carmine successful “The Batman,” with The Penguin serving arsenic his right-hand man.

Sofia was primitively introduced successful the Batman comic books successful the mid-1990s. Milioti volition present beryllium the 2nd histrion to represent Sofia successful a live-action series, with Crystal Reed having played her successful the Fox bid “Gotham.”

This volition present beryllium the 2nd HBO Max bid successful which Milioti has starred. She antecedently led the drama bid “Made for Love,” which was canceled aft 2 seasons successful June. She besides precocious starred successful the critically-acclaimed Peacock bid “The Resort” arsenic good arsenic the movie “Palm Springs.” She is besides known for starring successful the “USS Callister” occurrence of “Black Mirror” and for her enactment connected the stage.

She is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, and Independent PR.

Variety exclusively reported that Farrell had signed connected to prima successful “The Penguin” successful December 2021, with HBO Max officially ordering the amusement to series successful March 2022. Lauren LeFranc serves arsenic writer, enforcement shaper and showrunner.

“The Batman” manager Matt Reeves enforcement produces via 6th & Idaho, portion Dylan Clark enforcement produces via Dylan Clark Productions. Farrell enforcement produces successful summation to starring. Craig Zobel is enforcement producing and directing the archetypal 2 episodes. 6th & Idaho’s Daniel Pipski besides serves arsenic enforcement shaper with Rafi Croh co-executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. 6th & Idaho is presently nether an wide woody astatine WBTV. The bid is based connected characters created for DC by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.

“The Penguin” is 1 of 3 spinoffs of “The Batman” successful the works astatine HBO Max astatine present. Variety exclusively reported that Antonio Campos is acceptable to constitute a bid acceptable successful Arkham Asylum, portion a bid acceptable wrong the Gotham PD remains successful development.