Apparently, The Penguin show is here to save our superhero fatigue
Nov. 3, 2023At least according to HBO and Max’s Content CEO
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The Batmanspin-off show The Penguin is still on its way, and HBO and Max Content CEO Casey Bloys doesn’t think ‘superhero fatigue’ will get in the way of its success.
“I don’t know that it’s necessarily tentpole fatigue as much as it is a sameness of storytelling,” Bloys explained (viaDeadline). “I think the key, even within DC, is trying to tell different stories in different styles, to not try to do the same show over and over and over again. I would say Peacemakeris a very different show tonally than The Penguin. So, there’s not a uniformity to the storytelling and I think that helps.”
Set in Matt Reeves' Gotham, the show is set to explore Penguin’s journey to holding power in Gotham’s underworld. Colin Farrell stars as the titular Batman villain with Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti, and Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone.
Added Bloys: “Unfortunately, Marvel, as good as their shows are, there’s probably been a lot of them. That’s one of the advantages we have at Warner Bros. is it’s not just one set of stories. There’s a lot of stories you can go to.”
Marvel boss Kevin Feige has also spoken out about superhero fatigue, stating that the solution is to adapt superhero films and TV shows into different genres – which we can see the studio is starting to do with the more serious Secret Invasion and theupcoming TV-MA series Echo.
The Penguin does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our round-up of the most excitingupcoming films, or, our list ofmovie release dates. For more superheroes, check out our complete guide to watchingDC movies in orderto get up to date on the DCEU.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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