The first episode of The Penguin just dropped and we're now recapping the events of "After Hours" as The Batman's Oz Cobb makes his move on Gotham City. Can he possibly become the new Kingpin of Crime?

"The Penguin" picks up shortly after the events of "The Batman." So why isn't Robert Pattinson back?

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Spoilers for "The Penguin" episode one follow. "The Penguin" has officially landed (read /Film's mixed review here). Picking up a week after "The Batman," Gotham kingpin Carmine Falcone (John Turturro in the film,

Issues delivered straight to your door or device The Penguin is finally here, the much anticipated spin-off from the hit 2022 film The Batman which centers on Colin Farrell's gangster Oz Cobb. First reactions to the show have already been overwhelmingly positive,

The idea was that at the end of The Batman, we've seen that The Riddler is not just… there is a bit of a kind of a movement. This online, almost incel kind of movement of people. This is, I felt, a useful reminder that something as disastrous as that doesn't happen without there being people still believing in it.

The Penguin opens with a murder and the consequences of that action sets the stage for a gang war between the Falcones and the Maronis.

The Batman brought a grungey new take on DC's Dark Knight and reopened Gotham City for business, HBO's The Penguin is back to remind us all why we loved that movie so much. That episode 1 achieves that while expanding the world and turning the light of the Bat Signal onto Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb without Robert Pattinson's Bat is a hugely impressive start.

The Penguin follows Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, as he makes a ruthless bid for power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. The eight-episode series captures his relentless ambition to take control of the city’s crime empire.