Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, is trying to take over the underworld of Gotham. Aside from the bat signal in the final image of the season finale, we never got our first look at Robert Pattinson as “The Penguin.” In this short video, IMDb attempts to answer: Where the hell was Batman? Colin Farrell fought to have the Penguin smoke tobacco in The Batman (2022), but it didn’t work out. However, for his own series, the character is depicted as a casual tobacco user with a penchant for cigars. The DC Studios logo is on a rainy Gotham alley. An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Appearing on The Graham Norton Show: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024). The first episode is a direct sequel to Matt Reeves’ Batman, and I imagine those who haven’t seen the latter will be a bit lost. But I watched Batman a while back, and the series did an admirable job of quickly getting me acquainted with the film without getting bogged down in a didactic summary. It also conveys the film’s aesthetic and sinister tone, though the series has far more moments of sly levity than the film. As in The Batman, Colin Farrell does an excellent job of portraying the Penguin as a stereotypical mob “street guy”: rude, profane, moody, and prone to violence; but also clever, cunning, and able to read people. The character may have absolutely nothing to do with the comic book version, but he’s interesting in his own right. I have my doubts about the show giving the Penguin a teenage side; and I don’t know if the Penguin’s machinations will be enough to sustain a full season. But so far, it’s off to a good start.