HBO Max Picks 'Homestar Runner' Co-Creator to Direct Batman Spin-off Series 'The Penguin' (cinemadailyus.com) 20
From a report:
Filmmaker Craig Zobel has been tapped by HBO Max to direct the first two episodes of The Penguin, its much-awaited Batman spinoff. He will also serve as executive producer of the show, with Lauren LeFranc writing the script. Starring in The Penguin is Colin Farrell, who played the villainous Oswald Cobblepot in The Batman earlier this year. The Penguin will focus its attention on Cobblepot's notorious past and trace his rise to power in Gotham.
Zobel is already part of the family, having previously directed The Mare of Easttown for HBO Max. The prolific director also applied his talents to episodes of Westworld, The Leftovers, and American Gods...
If all goes according to schedule, viewers could be enjoying The Penguin by the end of 2023.
The article also notes that Zobel also helped co-create Homestar Runner in its original incarnation as a parody children's picture book.
Zobel is already part of the family, having previously directed The Mare of Easttown for HBO Max. The prolific director also applied his talents to episodes of Westworld, The Leftovers, and American Gods...
If all goes according to schedule, viewers could be enjoying The Penguin by the end of 2023.
The article also notes that Zobel also helped co-create Homestar Runner in its original incarnation as a parody children's picture book.
Instead of Robin - The Cheat !! (Score:3, Funny)
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Zobel also directed "The Hunt" (Score:2)
There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that I should have watched and re-watched this movie more than any other film that year. Wait, I take that back. There are two reasons: Betty Gilpin and Hillary Swank. I'd see those two again in another movie anytime.
Re: 2100 -batman returns and returns and returns a (Score:2)
Batman will continue to return till our eyes bleed!
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Since the 1960s, every 20 years or so they have released a new, darker Batman movie series.
60s Batman was silly.
80s Batman was also silly, but darker, but then dropped the darkness and was just silly.
2000s Batman was darker, and a particularly good Joker gave us probably the best Batman movie ever.
2020s Batman was trying really hard to be even darker still, with an even more angsty Batman than Nolan's.
"much awaited" (Score:2)
Re: "much awaited" (Score:2)
The Penguin in TAS (As opposed to Batman Returns) was a mysterious, rather sophisticated socialite. It depends on which Penguin they decide to go with.
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We'll, Bergess Meredith is dead; so...
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We'll
Thanks, autocorrect.
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I dunno man, there were a lot of stupid characters in Batman over the years and The Penguin, a wannabe socialite with a physical impairment, was more of the more fleshed out and plausible ones.
Good jerb! (Score:2)
Re: Good jerb! (Score:2)
I would like to see a series on the Riddler. He really got the short end of the stick when the 90s Batman movie franchise decided to go all saturday morning kids' cartoon to the dismay of fans who saw the 1989 and 1992 films.
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The Batman recently was about the Riddler. You might not like it, however. There were no good riddles.
Re: Good jerb! (Score:2)
I haven't watched the "Gotham" series and I lost track of the live action movies after "The Dark Knight". I'm assuming the recent incarnation of the Riddler was not the Scooby Doo version shown in "Batman Forever"?
Maybe we email questions to the Penguin? (Score:2)
Like if likes Techno :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
I can see it now (Score:2)
It's Batman versus the Poopmeister. King of Town operates the Bat Signal. Marzipan guest stars as a disaffected Batgirl.
The best Penguin (Score:2)
Was Burgess Meredith
Email (Score:2)
I hope there is a sudden break in the middle of the movie when Strong Bad reads and reacts to his email.
Huh? (Score:2)
I guess they plopped this [slashdot.org] out for a reason.