{"id":20868,"date":"2024-05-29T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:53:30","slug":"sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Picks Up Colin Farrell The Batman Spin-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky and its streaming service NOW have landed the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to <em>The Penguin<\/em>, a continuation of <em>The Batman<\/em> starring Colin Farrell.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-part series will debut later this year. Under the new deal, each episode will air in the U.K. at the same time as the U.S. broadcast each week and become available on-demand afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, <em>The Penguin<\/em> is produced by Reeves\u2019 6th &amp; Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th &amp; Idaho are under an overall deal.<\/p>\n<p>Starring alongside Farrell, the confirmed cast includes Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O\u2019Connell, Clancy Brown and Michael Zegen.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Criddle, Sky&#8217;s director of acquisitions and strategic projects, said: &#8220;The Penguin is an outstanding addition to our growing comic slate of films and series. With the grimy world of Gotham City amidst chaos, the story continues The Batman epic crime saga and I\u2019m excited to see Farrell take this iconic character to new heights in this eight-part limited drama series.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky and its streaming service NOW have landed the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to The Penguin, a continuation of The Batman starring Colin Farrell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3087,"featured_media":20869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5039,4630,1032,9129,9130],"class_list":["post-20868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-colin-farrell","tag-now","tag-sky","tag-the-batman","tag-the-penguin","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sky Picks Up Colin Farrell The Batman Spin-Off - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sky Picks Up Colin Farrell The Batman Spin-Off - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sky and its streaming service NOW have landed the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to The Penguin, a continuation of The Batman starring Colin Farrell.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T14:52:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T14:53:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Sky-ThePenguin-0524.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexa Alfano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexa Alfano\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/\",\"name\":\"Sky Picks Up Colin Farrell The Batman Spin-Off - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T14:52:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T14:53:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2653b97e27eaf76a4713c75f0e821dad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sky-picks-up-colin-farrell-the-batman-spin-off\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sky Picks Up Colin Farrell The Batman Spin-Off\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2653b97e27eaf76a4713c75f0e821dad\",\"name\":\"Alexa Alfano\",\"description\":\"Alexa Alfano is associate editor at World Screen. 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