Ok, so The Penguin has ended - and was bloody brilliant - and we have Riddler Year One but are there any other comics or stories set in that world officially?

When we consider the fact that James Gunn is developing his own Batman for the mainstream, and that comic book films have proven to be VERY successful with the R rating, why should The Batman 2 be held back by the PG-13 rating?

The Penguin was amazing! It’s going to be hard going back to that PG-13 setting after being in this R rated atmosphere that was handled so incredibly well.

Oil on canvas.

I'm of course talking about Batman. I know the story wanted to focus on The Penguin, so I'm just having fun theorising in story.

In the first film, we see he's somewhat of an amateur, and Gotham ends up flooding at the end of the first film. I've got a feeling he went away to Nanda Parbat, or somewhere in the Himalayas to train further to become the experienced Batman we all know. If the second film is a continuation of the first where he's still somewhat of an amateur, I'll be disappointed

5 months ago shared my collection of unproduced superhero scripts. from 160 script i collected, i found 58 script from DC Comic and Vertigo project. here's the link of those script and the list of the scripts i have so far:

Batman - Year One (undated) by Wachowskis

Batman (1985) by Jullie Hickson

Batman 2 (1989) by Sam Hamm

Batman The Dark Night (1999) Lee Shapiro & Stephen Wise

Batman vs Superman (2002) Andrew Kevin Walker

Batman Year One (1996) by Frank Miller

Bruce Wayne Pilot Episode (1999) by Tim McCanlies

Catwoman (1995) Daniel Waters

Green Arrow (2008) Justin Marks

Green Arrow (unaired Pilot 1997) by Michael Nankin

Green Lantern (2006) Robert Smigel

Green Lantern (2008) by Berlanti, Green and Gugenheim

Green Lantern Corps (2013) by Robert Garlen

Justice League 2 (2021) by Zack Snyder

Justice League Dark (2015) by Michael Gilio and Guillermo del Toro

Justice League Dark (2017) by Liman and Del Toro

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA aka JLA MORTAL (2007) by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney

Lobo (1998) Jerrold Brown

Lobo (2008) Angel Dean Lopez

New Gods (1999) by Kirk De Micco

Plastic Man (1995) by Wachowskis

Preacher (1988) by Garth Ennis

Preacher (1998) by Ennis

Preacher (2010) by John August

Sandman (1996) by Roger Avary

Sandman (1996) Rossio & Elliot

Sgt Rock (1987) by David Webb Peoples

Sgt. Rock (1993) by John Millius

Sgt. Rock (2007) by John Cox

Sgt. Rock (2008) by Guy Ritchie

Shazam (2003) by William Goldman

Shazam (2008) by John August

Spawn (2017) Todd McFarlane

Suicide Squad (2011) Justin Marks

Superman (2002) JJ Abrams

Superman 3 (1983) by Ilya Salkind

Superman Lives (1997 3rd draft) by Kevin Smith

Superman Lives (1997 1^(st) draft) Kevin Smith

Superman Lives (1997) Weasley Strick

Superman Lives (1998 1st draft) Dan Gilroy

Superman Lives (1998 2nd draft) by Dan Gilroy

Superman Lives (2000) by William Wisher

Superman Man of Steel (1998) Alex Ford

Superman Reborn (1992) Jones and Bates

Superman Reborn (1995) by Gregory Poirier

Superman Reborn (1995) by Lemkin

Superman Returns Sequel

Swamp Thing (2003) by Wein

The Batman (1983) by Tom Mankiewietcz

The Flash (1987) Jim Strain

The Flash (2006) by David S Goyer

The Flash (2007) Chris Brancanto

The Flash (2011) by Berlanti and Guggenheim

Wonder Woman (2001) by Todd Alcott

Wonder Woman (2004) by Laeta Kalogridis

Wonder Woman (2007) by Joss Whedon

Wonder Woman (undated) Jennison & Strickland

Y The Last Man (circa 2011) by Brian K. Vaughan

The Penguin is a DC television series created by Lauren LeFranc for HBO.

Based on the DC Comics character Penguin, it is a spin-off from the film The Batman (2022) that explores the Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. Lauren LeFranc serves as the showrunner of the series, which is produced by DC Studios in association with Matt Reeves’ production company, 6th & Idaho, and Warner Bros. Television, and and will lead into The Batman: Part II. The first episode of The Penguin premiered on HBO on Thursday 19 September 2024. Serving as a standalone sequel/spin-off to The Batman, this is the first television series to be set in The Batman Universe and the first project under James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Studios.

Synopsis: Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

• Cast: Starring Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz. See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/fullcredits
• Based on: Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) by Bill Finger (writer) and Bob Kane (artist)
• Created by and Showrunner: Lauren LeFranc
• Music by: Mick Giacchino
• Length: 8 episodes for season 1
• Runtime: About an hour per episode
• Reception: 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_penguin) and 72% on Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-penguin/)

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penguin_(TV_series)

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The Penguin Season 1 Episode 1 "After Hours" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 2 "Inside Man" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 3 "Bliss" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 4 "Cent'Anni" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 5 "Homecoming" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 6 "Gold Summit" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 7 "Top Hat" - Discussion Thread

The Penguin Season 1 Episode 8 "Great or Little Thing" - Discussion Thread (you are here)

It is very loosely based on John Henry Irons' Superman. It grossed $1.7M total against a budget of $16M.

So tonight the season finale of The Penguin is going to be released, with Batman apparently too busy with “Bruce Wayne stuff” to deal with Oz and Sofia, who have been at each other’s throats since at least episode 5. And despite that not being a really GOOD reason to not deal with a FREAKING GANG WAR (and I know I’m not alone on this), it’s still a reason nonetheless and he’s probably doing something that’s beneficial for Gotham after the crap Riddler pulled in the first movie, which I’m okay with. And that in mind, can PLEASE get at least a MENTION of him before the season ends?!? Seriously, except for like a brief mention of him in the beginning of episode 1 (and it was on a news broadcast), he’s not mentioned ONCE since then. This is the same guy who was the caused the death of Carmine Falcone, biggest gangster in Gotham and Sofia’s FATHER (and yeah, he was tricked by Riddler, but they don’t know that). So don’t you think that both Oz and Sofia should be worried that a guy dressed as a bulletproof flying mammal would be a BIT of a problem for the them? But yeah, a small cameo (even though that’s unlikely) or even a mention in the finale would be appreciated, ‘cause if there isn’t, we’re going to have a problem!

Yesterday I went to Waterstones and was very Suprised to find a Batman Novel, A New Sequel to Batman 89 ( I've also got the Graphic Novel, this seems to be an alternative Telling) set Sometime before Batman Returns and deals with the Immediate aftermath of the Jokers Death, I'm 109 pages in and it's absolutely brilliant, you can really tell its Written by a fan of the film and there's even a Sequel to this book coming next year!.. definitely on my to buy list.

Playing the Arkham games, I'm convinced you don't need to be realistic to have a dark, mature and serious story. Even the Snyder Cut convinced me of this, and that's a team up movie with aliens, Demigods and Atlanteans. I want more mystical elements with the likes of Poison Ivy, Clayface, Mr Freeze etc which is why I'm excited for James Gunn to have his own interpretation of Batman separate from Matt Reeves.