The Penguin
The city will be his.
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
Covers the 2024 live-action parent series and its eight season-one episodes, released September 19 through November 10. Colin Farrell plays Oz Cobb/The Penguin, Clancy Brown plays Salvatore Maroni and Mark Strong plays Carmine Falcone. Maroni resolves to his independently verified official DC identity. Remaining supporting official character-profile matches, complete episode-specific and archival credits, and silent/background appearance coverage remain unresolved. Penguin's separate official profile returned 403; the existing association is preserved. Published episode durations conflict with several saved runtimes, so preserve the complete episode records pending presentation-specific reconciliation; the representative 45-minute runtime remains estimated.
Why it matters in DC
The series follows the struggle for criminal power in the Gotham left behind by The Batman. Moving the viewpoint to Oz Cobb makes the city's upheaval the starting point for a character story, showing how a superhero film's aftermath can reshape life beyond its hero.
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The Batman is recorded as a direct predecessor to The Penguin in The Batman Saga, establishing the version of this world carried into the later title.
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Where it fits in the DC universe
The Penguin is title 2 of 3 in our The Batman Saga viewing sequence. Continue from The Batman (2022) into this eight-episode series in Matt Reeves's Gotham. Begin with After Hours and follow season one in episode order as Oz Cobb pursues power after the film's events.
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Seasons & episode progress
Miniseries · 8 episodes
Characters
Cast
Colin FarrellOz 'The Penguin' Cobb
Cristin MiliotiSofia Falcone
Rhenzy FelizVictor Aguilar
Deirdre O'ConnellFrancis Cobb
Clancy BrownSalvatore Maroni
Carmen EjogoEve Karlo
Shohreh AghdashlooNadia Maroni
Theo RossiDr. Julian Rush
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