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Colin Farrell confirmed as The Penguin in Warner Bros. The Batman by director Matt Reeves after the first photos leak from the London set
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 7, 2020 | Brian Gallagher

Posted on 01/07/2020 9:23:49 AM PST by C19fan

Months after it was first reported that Colin Farrell will be playing The Penguin in Warner Bros.' The Batman, director Matt Reeves has confirmed the news.

The director took to Twitter on Monday to confirm that Farrell is indeed playing the Penguin, sharing a GIF of Farrell from the 2008 movie In Bruges with the caption, 'Wait - Is that you, #Oz?' along with a bat emoji.

'Oz' is a reference to The Penguin's given name, Oswald Cobblepot, and the tweet comes hours after the first photos of Farrell leaked from the London set.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: batman; comics; dc; hbo; jasonkilar; warnerbros
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Colin Farrell as The Penguin??? Farrell is about the last actor I would think would be Penguin. He seems more appropriate to play Bruce Wayne.
1 posted on 01/07/2020 9:23:50 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Another Batman movie? Holy retread!


2 posted on 01/07/2020 9:26:38 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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He’s still young enough to play batman and yeah he doesn’t seem like the type to play the penguin.

Danny Devito was shaped for the part back then :)


3 posted on 01/07/2020 9:30:43 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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The best is the current Gotham Pinguin actor, “Robin Lord Taylor.”


4 posted on 01/07/2020 9:31:35 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Colin is a good comedian. He would make a great comedic villainous Penguin with that raspy voice of his.


5 posted on 01/07/2020 9:32:00 AM PST by chuckee
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To: ConservativeMind

Agreed.


6 posted on 01/07/2020 9:32:50 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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What a terrible casting mistake. For the Penguin, there is no other choice than Jerry Nadler, and he won’t even need a special suit for the role.


7 posted on 01/07/2020 9:33:21 AM PST by Texan Tory (Laissez rouler les bons temps!)
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Stupid.

They might as well have cast Will Farrell...............


8 posted on 01/07/2020 9:35:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: ConservativeMind

I think Burn Gorman would make a great Penguin.


9 posted on 01/07/2020 9:35:11 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Texan Tory

Yes!


10 posted on 01/07/2020 9:35:52 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: C19fan

Death, taxes,...and Batman.


11 posted on 01/07/2020 9:35:58 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Oops, Getting my Colins mixed up. Colin Quinn, the comedian, is the guy I was thinking of. And, yes, he would be a great Penguin


12 posted on 01/07/2020 9:36:58 AM PST by chuckee
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After the enormous box office AND critical success of Joker and Dark Knight, expect all the comic book movies to “turn real”.

No more PG-13 comics.

Gritty. Bloody. High drama. Realistic.

Who is ready for Gal Gadot chopping off heads with a sword?

That studios do not realize is that it was great directors combined with a great script and world-class acting that make their two gritty successes.

So they’ll just put out violent trash instead.


13 posted on 01/07/2020 9:47:32 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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“Colin Farrell confirmed as The Penguin in Warner Bros. The Batman by director Matt Reeves after the first photos leak from the London set!”

With the bs posted as news on FR this week, this may be the slowest Fake News week since Trump stole the election with Russia’s help.


14 posted on 01/07/2020 9:48:54 AM PST by Grampa Dave (If Nanzi peeee-losi, Schiffless, Mad Maxine and Chuckie were in charge, they would be droning us.)
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So who will they cast to play colon feral?


15 posted on 01/07/2020 9:54:23 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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F yes!!


16 posted on 01/07/2020 9:54:53 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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You can't be Penguin without the top hat. That would be like, I don't know, calling a man a woman but without the wig and makeup.
17 posted on 01/07/2020 9:55:14 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

This is a great choice. Although “Batman Returns” was a good movie, I’ve always hated the Danny Devito version. I’ve always wanted the Penguin to be more suave and proper, instead of this grotesque character.


18 posted on 01/07/2020 9:57:15 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: dp0622

colin farrel is like 5’5”... he ain’t batman material.


19 posted on 01/07/2020 9:58:25 AM PST by Levy78
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Im Gonna get a Batman coloring book!


20 posted on 01/07/2020 10:04:17 AM PST by coaster123 (XLV-MMXX)
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