‘The Batman’: The ‘El Penguin’ series finds the actress who will be Falcone’s daughter

The series of “The Penguin” for HBO Max continues to make great progress in its production and has now hired “Made for Love” star Cristin Milioti to play Sofia Falcone. The spin-off of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” universe continues to expand and the story begins to take shape with the signature of a character who will be the key to the development of the story.

According to information from Deadline, Cristin Milioti joins the spin-off of ‘The Penguin’, the universe series of’ The Batman ‘which will premiere exclusively on the HBO Max platform. Milioti is the second confirmed star, besides Colin Farrell in the role of Oswald Cobblepot, in the plot of this series which for a moment has questioned its continuity within Warner Bros. Discovery.

The card of Cristin Milioti in the role of Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone, played by John Turturro in ‘The Batman’. At the moment there are few details, but it is known that, after the fall of their father, Sofia and Oswald fight for control of Gotham City, which is still flooded, after the events seen at the end of the film with Robert Pattinson.

Sofia Falcone appeared in the FOX series, “Gotham”, where she was played by Crystal Reed, so her participation is expected to be a star of the series. “The Penguin” will be produced by Matt Reeves, along with Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell himself, Lauren LeFranc, as writer and showrunner, and finally Craig Zobel, as director of the first two episodes.

What is the story of “The Penguin” about?

As anticipated by Farrell himself, the story of ‘The Penguin’ happens several days later ‘Batman’, when Gotham City is still submerged in water, after the explosions caused by The Riddler. With the death of Carmine Falcone, Cobblepot will attempt to reclaim control of the city, the police department and the mafia which for now has no leader.

It is worth mentioning that “The Penguin” is not the only spin-off series developed in the universe of “The Batman”, there are two other series, as well as several films focusing on villains and, of course, the Continuation. “Arkham Asylum” and the Gotham City Police Department series are the other shows that will eventually make it to the HBO Max service.

For now there is no release date for “The Penguin” on HBO Max, but since “The Batman 2” is expected, at the earliest, for 2025, it is possible that the series with Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti will arrive in the course of 2023 or 2024 Production would begin early next year, so it wouldn’t take long to reveal the first details.