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Following the events of Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, makes a play to seize control of Gotham’s criminal underworld. Aside from a Bat-signal in the final shot of the season finale, we never got our Robert Pattinson cameo in “The Penguin.” In this short video, IMDb attempts to answer: Where the hell was Batman? Colin Farrell struggled to get his version of The Penguin to smoke tobacco in Batman (2022), but failed. For his own series, however, the character is depicted as a casual tobacco user, with a preference for cigars. The DC Studios logo is set in a rainy Gotham alley. An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Featured 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 ago, and this show did an admirable job of quickly picking up where the movie left off without getting bogged down in a didactic recap. It also does a good job of rehashing the film’s aesthetic and dark tone, though the show has far more moments of sly levity than the film. As in Batman, Colin Farrell does an excellent job of portraying the Penguin as a stereotypical mobster “street guy:” rough, dirty, lively, and prone to violence; but also savvy, 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’s casting of the Penguin as a teenage sidekick; and I don’t know if the Penguin’s machinations will be enough to sustain an entire season. But so far, it’s off to a great start.