The Penguin series has been certified as fresh with a pretty good RT score so from from all the reviews in. The Penguin premieres for the rest of us on September 19th. However, it seems most of the reviewers for this show got the full 8 episodes. This usually means a better take on the series as a whole from reviews. So far, as said above, it is very positive. In fact, it’s currently rated higher the its parent movie The Batman.
Here is the RT link to the series, if you want to check out some of those reviews. At time of writing the show was sitting at 93% after 45 reviews. As said, reading a few it seems like they got to see the full series. Usually these days reviewers are only given the first three or four episodes.
The Batman is currently at 85% Fresh on the site.
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The Penguin‘s cast includes Colin Farrell (Oz Cobblepot), Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), 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 series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro.
Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, The Penguin is produced by Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.
The Penguin premieres on HBO and Max on September 19.
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