The Penguin premiered on Friday 20 September on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW.

The current announced cast is:

• Colin Farrell (Banshees of Inisherin, True Detective) as Oz Cobb aka ‘The Penguin’

• Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs, How I Met Your Mother) as Sofia Falcone

• Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Boardwalk Empire) as Alberto Falcone

• Clancy Brown (Billions, Gen V) as Salvatore Maroni

• Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways, The Tender Bar) as Victor Aguilar

• Michael Kelly (House of Cards, Lioness) as Johnny Vitti

• Shohreh Aghdashloo (24, The Expanse) as Nadia Maroni

• Deirdre O’Connell (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Outer Range) as Francis Cobb

The Penguin has been confirmed to run for eight, drama-fuelled episodes.

The show has been billed as a limited series, indicating this will be the entire story, without any current plans for season two.

The Penguin’s real name is Oswald Cobblepot, one of Batman’s most acclaimed supervillains and a formidable force in Gotham’s underworld.

Cobblepot was given the name The Penguin due to his distinctive physique, which includes a portly belly and beak-shaped nose, which results in him walking with a waddle.

This is often accentuated further by him wearing a black and white coattail suit, squinting to wear a monocle when needed.

He covers his crimes using a nightclub, the Iceberg Lounge, as a front.

However, he proves time and again to be an intimidating force and knows how to acquire the right information to blackmail and corrupt those around him.

He’s not afraid to fight dirty, and has a collection of henchmen ready to put his decisions into actions by any means necessary.

Cobblepot is also incredibly clever, and has a number of defense weapons at hand should he need to roll his sleeves up himself.

His main mission in life is to bring down Batman, who continues to impose a threat in his illegal operation.

As a result, he has frequently been seen teaming up with other famed Batman villains, notably The Joker and The Riddler.

The character’s first appearance was in 1941 as part of the Detective Comics series by DC.

In live-action adaptations of the franchise, the Penguin has previously been portrayed by Burgess Meredith in the 1966 movie, Danny DeVito in 1992’s Batman Returns, and Robin Lord Taylor in TV series Gotham, which ran from 2014 to 2019.

The Penguin is available now on Sky Atlantic and NOW.

Sky is the exclusive home of The Penguin in the United Kingdom. You will not be able to watch it on Netflix or rival streaming services.

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If you’re already a Sky subscriber, you will get complete continuity of the service at no extra cost via the Max app. The new deal means Sky and NOW customers benefit from more content through bundled access to the streaming service that will exclusively feature new HBO Original and Max Original shows and more.

And in the case of The Penguin and a range of other series, as part of Sky’s new deal with HBO, customers will continue to find shows such as House of the Dragon, The White Lotus, and The Last of Us, and any new series aired before the end of 2025, on Sky Atlantic and through Sky’s On Demand service.

Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer of Sky, said: “What’s really good about the deal that we struck is that if you’re a Sky subscriber, at no additional cost, you will have access to the Max app within your Sky platform. So if you’re already a Sky subscriber, you have complete continuity of service. Actually, you probably have more because Max will have more content than what we have today with the HBO shows and the Warner Bros. films.

“It’s going to be completely seamless for those customers, so you’ll have a really rich experience, and that’s at no additional cost.

“Any show that we’ve had historically on our channels you’ll continue to get on the channels, including future seasons of The Last of Us and The White Lotus.”

In addition, NOW UK and Ireland Entertainment members will also receive bundled access to the ad-supported version of Max, seamlessly integrated into the NOW experience alongside other premium content. They will also continue to get the existing series which were available on Sky as part of their subscription.