The Penguin (2024)
Directed by Dan Fuchs
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
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Two other shows come to mind: The Penguin, for elevating comic book TV into something prestige-adjacent…
Born Again looks like it could be an even better crime saga than The Penguin.
We live in a world where HBO’s Watchmen exists, and we’re still rolling off a year that gave us The Penguin, which is just about the best possible outcome for a corporate mandate to make lemonade out of intellectual-property lemons.
Those who appreciated the grittiness of The Penguin will find something similarly dark and well-crafted here.
DC Comics has been quietly delivering quality, from "Watchmen" and "Peacemaker" to HBO's "The Penguin," which turned the classic Batman villain into a mob world antihero — and took home nine Emmys for it.
"Lanterns" shares more DNA with its fellow (though unconnected) DC show "The Penguin" — a series that just so happens to exist in its own corner of the comic book world, but thrives by focusing on what's right in front of it.