The upcoming Penguin series has been teased to tell a ‘Dark’ story following The Batman.

According to the star of the upcomingPenguinseries,The Batmanspin-off will be quite a dark affair.

Among them was one focusing onArkham Asylumand another onColin Farrell’s Penguin.

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Ahead of production starting up, its lead actor has teased what the show will look like.

Jesus, I dont know.

I mean, youll be blown away by the makeup, because its just… Ill head back to Los Angeles tomorrow.

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And we start shooting on the 27th or 28th of this month."

Ive read the first five of eight and theyre, without shadow of a doubt, extraordinary scripts.

Theyre so good man which doesnt even doesnt mean… Im not saying that the shows gonna be.

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I just its on paper, such f**king great stuff.

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It’s no surprise to hear that the show will be dark.

After all,Matt Reeves' first journey to Gotham Citywasn’t exactly a walk in the park either.

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Though this time around, in theory, the story could get as dark as they want.

The creatives aren’t writing for a wide theatrical release but rather a premium cable web connection instead.

So, a proper MPAA rating isn’t holding that aspect of the title back as much.

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