A-list actor looks unrecognisable as he transforms into Batman villain The Penguin for new HBO TV series - can YOU guess who it is?
Daily MailOn Saturday HBO released a new trailer for The Penguin, the upcoming eight-episode DC series based on the villainous Batman character. On Saturday HBO released a new trailer for The Penguin, the upcoming eight-episode DC series based on the villainous Batman character Starring 48-year-old Colin Farrell, the show will premiere on Thursday, September 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also be available to stream on Max He assures her, 'I'm working on it, Ma,' before stating in a voiceover that 'the world isn't set up for the honest man to succeed.' The plot sees Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin, attempt to take hold of Gotham's world of crime The latest teaser shows opens with the main character slow dancing with his mother, who reminds him he promised her 'a beautiful life' During Saturday's panel discussion, The Batman director Matt Reeves explained the Penguin as 'a power vacuum in Gotham,' per Deadline. Colin appeared at Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend - where the new trailer was unveiled -via a virtual call from Macau, China, where he's filming a new movie Farrell transformed his face and body with extensive special FX makeup and prosthetics to play the iconic Batman villain Reeves also confirmed on Saturday that Farrell will return for his next Batman film, which begins shooting in 2025.
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