Penguin Premiering this week on HBO, it expands Matt Reeves’ ruthless criminal world. baton The film was turned into a spin-off series focusing on Colin Farrell’s villainous character. His villain gallery moniker remains, but the Penguin’s real name was changed from Oswald Cobblepot in the 2022 film. His name has been used since 1941. Detective comics Debut, “Oz Cop”. Finally, we get the details on why that happened.
As reported in SFX Magazine (via animated cartoon), “Oz Cobb” should not be construed as a shortening of the character’s admittedly stupid surname. This is Oz Cobb. Enough. In an interview with the magazine, producer Dylan Clarke explained what happened, first pointing to previous Batman villain name changes as a precedent. “They didn’t change his name in the comics from Edward Nygma to Edward Nashton, which is an unrealistic name, like they did with the Riddler. In doing so, they ground the character down,” Clarke said.
Penguin The team got enthusiastic approval from DC Comics president Jim Lee. “They had thought about changing his name at one point, but they never did. Matt said, ‘Can we call our character Oz Cobb?’ and Jim said, ‘Sure!’ So we got the blessing of the king himself. By changing the name a little bit, we were able to present the character in a realistic way.”
Lauren LeFran, Penguin The showrunner and executive producer explained: batonThe show is “creating a new canon” and adding its own unique flavor to familiar characters. “In the Gotham City that Matt created in the movie, Cobblepot didn’t seem like a real person in the way that Cobb is a real last name. He’s a gangster and it just felt more right.”
The word “Cobb” might roll off the tongue a little faster, but it really does, doesn’t it? more Are you scared that a ruthless underling of “Cobblepot” is chasing you?
DC Comics fans will get to know Farrell’s breakthrough character a lot more. PenguinAlso starring Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Renzi Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Beatty), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Madio (Milos Grappa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Carlo) and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush), the series premieres September 19 on HBO.
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