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As production rolls along on writer & showrunner Lauren LeFranc and HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell-starring The Penguin, we have some major casting news to pass along courtesy of some exclusive Variety reporting Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), James Madio (The Offer) & Scott Cohen (Billions) are reportedly set to join Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz,[...]

Then a bit less than a year ago, I saw a way in, in many ways centering around Superman's heritage – how both his aristocratic Kryptonian parents and his Kansas farmer parents inform who he is and the choices he makes."   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn) Also, Gunn clarified that (as[...]

With production underway on writer & showrunner Lauren LeFranc and HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo & Deirdre O'Connell-starring The Penguin, the streaming series has turned to Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood) to recur as mob boss Salvatore Maroni in the spinoff series set in the universe of Matt Reeves'[...]

Razorbill is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is dedicated to publishing the very best of young adult and middle-grade fiction and non-fiction. Now that he has left, Simone Roberts-Payne will edit the series Publication for book one is set for fall 2023, with book two to follow in summer 2025 Lucie Ebrey's agent Steven[...]

Last week saw the news that Rhenzy Feliz (Marvel's Runaways, American Horror Stories) had joined the cast of writer / showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell & Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone)-starring The Penguin Now, we're getting an update on the DC Studios "Elseworlds" spinoff series from Matt Reeves' The Batman universe directly[...]

With this month reportedly seeing the start of filming on writer/showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell & Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone)-starring The Penguin, we have some new casting news to pass along to you Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Rhenzy Feliz (Marvel's Runaways, American Horror Stories) has joined the cast of the eight-episode[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge reportedly trying to be too much like Squid Game, NBC's Night Court star & EP Melissa Rauch sharing her thoughts on the Season 2 news, Congressperson George Santos reportedly having a Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark problem now, NBC's Saturday Night Live host Pedro[...]

In this case, the spotlight shines back on writer/showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell & Cristin Milioti-starring The Penguin So who better to have to offer us some new insights into how production is going and what viewers can expect than Farrell himself, who had a few things to share with Deadline[...]

Marvel and Penguin have new Penguin Classics Marvel Collection hardcovers to add to their list Penguin Classics Marvel Collection anthologize "the original stories and seminal tales of key Marvel characters," and marked the first time that Penguin Classics has published comic book stories of any description whatsoever The first three books in the series, Black[...]

Yesterday, we had a chance to check in with The Batman mastermind Matt Reeves to see how things were going with showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Farrell & Cristin Milioti-starring The Penguin as well as his visions for the BatVerse moving forward (with The Batman 2, Arkham Asylum & GCPD spinoff series, and[...]

But when it comes to offering an update on how things are looking with showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Farrell & Cristin Milioti-starring The Penguin, who better to have come in to pinch hit than The Batman mastermind Matt Reeves? Because that's what we have to share with you for this go-around, and[...]

At the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Thursday night, Variety was able to grab a few minutes with Farrell to get an update on how things were looking on showrunner Lauren LeFranc & HBO Max's upcoming Farrell & Cristin Milioti-starring The Penguin Confirming that production will begin in February and run for about[...]

Earlier today, we learned that Cristin Milioti (Made for Love) is joining Farrell for The Penguin in the role of Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) Originally introduced to the comics universe in the mid-19902, Milioti will be the second actress to portray Sofia (with Crystal Reed taking on the role[...]

Today sees the publication of GCPD: The Blue Wall and Batman: One Bay Day: The Penguin, and there is something of note. In GCPD: The Blue Wall, not only is Renee Montoya, Police Commissioner of Gotham City, but the series reflects recent Batman continuity, with Renee having considered switching up to be Police Commissioner of Gotham City,[...]

Now that we know that Emmy Award-winning director Craig Zobel (Mare of Easttown) is set to direct two episodes and executive produce HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell-starring spinoff from Matt Reeves' The Batman, Farrell is offering a brief update on how things are going with Penguin During an interview with ExtraTV in support of his film,[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool shared the news that Dark Horse Comics was dropping exclusive distribution to comic stores from Diamond Comic Distributors to Penguin Random House Publisher Services, as well as Diamond owner Steve Geppi's response which was, basically, "we'll miss the one percent that was Dark Horse." A number of comic book store owners and[...]

Dark Horse Comics announced that it is joining Marvel and IDW in going exclusive with Penguin Random House Publisher Services in selling comic books in the direct market to comic book stores and bookstores And that this will be an exclusive worldwide multi-year agreement for the sales and distribution of Dark Horse's newly published and[...]

In Batman #125, from Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez, we learned of the death of The Penguin, conducted in such a fashion that framed Batman for his murder And may have, unbeknownst to the Penguin, been responsible for triggering the Failsafe mechanism to take Batman down Which plays out in Batman #127, published tomorrow. The back-up strip[...]

The deal comes at a time when Reeves is co-writing the Robert Pattinson-starring sequel to The Batman as well as streaming series spinoff The Penguin (with Colin Farrell) and an Arkham Asylum-based project Reportedly, WBD would like to see Reeves become a cornerstone of the company on the creative side as it continues its restructuring[...]

The Legend Of Luther Arkwright. That’s it. That’s the sentence. There’s more Luther Arkwright, and it’s exactly as humanist and anti-fascist as you’d hope.

The Death of The Penguin, but engineered in such a way that framed the Batman for his murder and, it seems, may have triggered the Failsafe option But there are other fallouts as well, including the Penguin's estate, in a Catwoman back-up strip by Zdarsky and Belen Ortega And including those who might qualify for[...]

Four months ago, HBO Max confirmed that it had given a straight-to-series order for a spinoff limited series from director Matt Reeves' The Batman titled The Penguin, with Colin Farrell reprising his role as underworld crime lord Oswald Cobblepot Now, we have a brief update from Farrell on the project from the red carpet premiere of[...]

Penguin time! Batman: One Bad Day is a series of oversized prestige-format comic books from DC Comics, and each tells a different story of a different Batman villain, all in the thematic design of Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland "One Bad Day" echoes the Killing Joke line (and uses the Killing Joke title font)[...]

And now Lucky Scramble! Nancy Mercado at Dial has bought North American publishing rights to Lucky Scramble, from Peter Raymundo's agent Daniel Lazar at Writers House to be published in the autumn of 2023. Dial is an imprint owned by Penguin Books USA (but then again, isn't everyone these days?) and which publishes books for children young and old[...]

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl team Ryan North and Erica Henderson reunite for a new YA graphic novel launching next spring, Danger and Other Unknown Risks, from Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Erica tweeted; "AHHH I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE THE DYSTOPIAN FANTASY BOOK THAT @ryanqnorth AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH @penguinteen It comes[...]

This week sees the launch of Batman #125 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez, with The Penguin setting up himself up as a new hero of Gotham in a social activist Robin Hood fashion, stealing from the Irish to give to the poor Or rather, forcing the Irish to give to the poor, or he will kill them[...]

In the recent Gotham Anniversary Special, we saw The Penguin and Catwoman working together in a very non-DC Comics continuity story, in which they forcibly vaccinate the entire world against the coronavirus Written by Danny DeVito, who could get away with such things, it was seen as well away from either character's usual personality[...]

But the book was late and, in the interim, IDW signed an exclusive distribution deal with Penguin Random House, making Diamond a sub-distributor of PRH Which meant that this policy regarding Last Ronin changed So that comic book retailers, even though they still received the book this week early as planned, are forbidden from selling[...]

In the recent Gotham Anniversary Special, we saw The Penguin and Catwoman working together in a very non-DC Comics continuity story, in which they forcibly vaccinate the entire world against the coronavirus Written by Danny DeVito, who could get away with such things, it was seen as well away from either character's usual personality Still,[...]

Someday, I'll tell the story of how (why?) I spent 6 months during early lockdown writing a screenplay about zombie squirrels (but not really *about* zombie squirrels, zombie squirrels are more the *setting,* y'know?), but for now… Huge thanks to @danapotter1 & everyone at @penguinteen, and also to @danlazaragent for his unwavering guidance in the[...]