Now, the Gotham City mob associate is the star of his own spinoff show on HBO. And when the Oscar-nominated Farrell gets into Penguin mode, there’s no denying his transformation.

That’s twice now, for filmmaker and producer Matt Reeves. First he directed “The Batman,” the 2022 Batman movie we didn’t know we needed. Now, as executive producer, he has handed off the creative chores to others for “The Penguin,

Luckily, LeFranc and The Penguin are able to do quite a lot with that minimal space, conjuring up a grounded (if somewhat derivative) crime drama that examines how Batman villain Oswald "Oz" Cobb (Colin Farrell) became the monster he is today.

The first episode of The Penguin just dropped and we're now recapping the events of "After Hours" as The Batman's Oz Cobb makes his move on Gotham City. Can he possibly become the new Kingpin of Crime?

The Penguin, set in the same universe as Matt Reeves’ 2022 superhero feature The Batman, debuted on HBO, on Thursday, September 19, and people want to know what happens at the end of Episode 1. The series takes place a week after the events of The Batman,

The following review contains spoilers for the first episode of The Penguin, “After Hours” The Batman ended with Gotham City ravaged by flooding thanks to the Riddler and his followers. Now, The Penguin is picking up just a couple weeks later in the middle of the wreckage.