Teaser Clip Released for Max’s “The Batman” Spinoff Series, “The Penguin,” Starring Rhenzy Feliz

Rhenzy Feliz is returning to the City

The 26-year-old Dominican American actor is starring opposite in Colin Farrel in The Penguin, a spinoff series of The Batman coming this fall to Max.

Rhenzy FelizFarrell returns to Gotham City as Oz Cobb, aka Oswald Cobblepot, in the trailer for The Penguin, which takes place immediately following the events of DC’s 2022 blockbuster.

The series traces Cobblepot’s rise to power in the Gotham underworld as he becomes one of the most prominent villains in the “Batman” universe.

Farrell gives a classic gangster monologue throughout the trailer, which slowly ramps up the violence and gunfights in Gotham City’s seedy underground.

“When I was a kid, there was a gangster, real old-school type. Rex Calabrese. He was a big deal. He helped people. He saw you on the street, he’d call out to you,”

Cobblepot narrates in the trailer. “When I was 14 or something, he has a heart attack and dies, still holding a cigar. In my neighborhood, they throw a parade in his honor. A friggin’ parade. It wasn’t fancy, but it was a gesture, a show of love, of what he meant. Can you imagine to be remembered like that?”

Farrell’s transformative performance as the iconic villain in The Batman earned him much critical acclaim, and the prosthetics made the actor unrecognizable. In previous “Batman” movies and shows, Burgess Meredith, Danny DeVito and Robin Lord Taylor have played the Penguin.

Joining Farrell are Cristin Milioti as Carmine Falcone’s daughter Sofia, Michael Zegen as Carmine’s son Alberto and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, one of Gotham’s former top gangsters. The rest of the cast is comprised of Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau and David H. Holmes.

The series’ executive producer and showrunner is Lauren LeFranc, known for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Matt Reeves, The Batman writer-director, will executive produce through his production company 6th & Idaho.

Executive producer Craig Zobel will direct the first three episodes. Farrell, Dylan Clark, Daniel Pipski and Bill Carraro are also executive producing, with Ravi Crohn co-executive producing. The series will consist of eight episodes. Production began in March 2023 but was halted in June due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes, with shooting resuming the week after Thanksgiving.

A sequel to The Batman, titled “The Batman: Part II,” was delayed by a year and will now release in theaters on Oct. 2, 2026.

Pedro Pascal to Star in Ari Aster’s Latest Film “Eddington”

Pedro Pascal is going west(ern) once again…

The 48-year-old Chilean actor, who recently won his first SAG Award, will star in Ari Aster’s latest film Eddington.

Pedro PascalPascal, who recently starred in Pedro Almodovar’s Spanish Western drama short film Strange Way of Life, will star opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr. in the project.

Aster is the visionary filmmaker behind the horror films Hereditary and Midsommar, as well as the dark comedy Beau Is Afraid.

Plot details are under wraps, though the project has been discussed as a Western.

Aster will direct from his own script and produce alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner. Darius Khondji, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer behind Bardo and Uncut Gems, is also aboard the project for his first collaboration with Aster.

Production on the film kicks off this week.

Pascal’s credits include The Last of Us, Narcos and The Mandalorian.

First Footage Released of Matt Reeves’ Batman Spinoff Series “The Penguin,” Featuring Rhenzy Feliz 

Rhenzy Feliz is bracing for a life of crime…

The first footage from Matt ReevesBatman spinoff Max series The Penguin has been released, with the 25-year-old Dominican American actor popping up in the clip.

Rhenzy FelizNo premiere date has been announced.

Colin Farrell reprises his Batman villain in this eight-episode DC Studios drama series that continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Reeves began with Warner Bros. Pictures’ $771 million-grossing global blockbuster last year.

The Batman, which repped Warner Bros’ return to full theatrical releases coming out of the pandemic last year, netted a profit of $177M.

The first footage of the series, which is in production, has the look of a dark Sopranoswith Farrell playing a full-on crime boss. He’s seen wooing a brunette over dinner, limping and climbing subway stairs and boldly shooting someone from his smoking chair (“You step out of line even once, I’ll gut you like a goddamn fish,” exclaims Penguin).

“You ask yourself, what kind of life do I want?” says the Penguin in a voice-over. “The world isn’t built for guys like us; that’s why we have to take what’s ours.”

In addition to Farrell and Feliz, the cast also includes Cristin Milioti, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Deirdre O’Connell, with Clancy Brown and Michael Zegen recurring.