Michael Zegen: Last News

Manuel Betancourt There is no more prized possession in New York City on a sweltering summer day than a working air conditioning unit. Simon Hacker’s father-daughter comedy “Notice to Quit” understands this well, which is why the real estate broker it follows on this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day keeps coming back to the bounteous promises an AC unit can offer. Taking place in all five boroughs of the city, Hacker’s frenzied film mirrors his mentors, the Safdie brothers, but ultimately falters by doing the very thing that AC unit would help ease: It lets us see it sweat.

Broadway is hosting a mini Marvelous Mrs. Maisel reunion!

Lauren Coates Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will host the 77th Annual Writers Guild Awards‘ East Coast segment, at New York’s Edison Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 15, the org announced Thursday.

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will host the 77th Annual Writers Guild Awards in New York next month. WGA nominations were announced yesterday after being postponed amid LA wildfires.

Michael Zegen and Jennifer Damiano are married!

The Penguin just might be getting another season!

The Penguin’s high ratings have opened the door to a potential season two.Set in the same universe as 2022’s The Batman, the DC crime drama follows Oz Cobb’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.Colin Farrell, who reprises his role from The Batman, takes the lead, alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo and Michael Zegen.The show is developed by Lauren LeFranc, while The Batman director Matt Reeves serves as an executive producer.HBO has not officially announced whether The Penguin will return for a second season. The show was originally billed as a miniseries, setting up events for the upcoming sequel to The Batman, but the positive reception appears to have made a follow-up possible.If HBO does go ahead with a second season, it likely won’t be released for a few years yet.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Penguin” continued its streak of viewership growth the finale episode on Sunday night. Per HBO, the final episode of the “The Batman” spinoff series pulled in 2.1 million viewers across all platforms, marking yet another series high for viewership. Sunday’s viewership figure is up approximately 50% from Episode 1 of the series.

The Penguin is a hit!

It’s hard to believe it’s been over a year since The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ended!

DC, according to reports.The villain was previously seen in Christopher Nolan’s 2021 movie, The Dark Knight Rises and was portrayed in that by Tom Hardy.Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that Bane, along with another supervillain Deathstroke, are being put together for a new DC movie.The outlet reports that the James Gunn and Peter Safran-led DC Studios are developing a script from Matthew Orton, who was a writer on the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World movie. They report that as yet, there is no director attached to the project.NME has reached out to DC for comment.It’s been a busy few weeks for DC with the new Joker movie, Joker: Folie à Deux arriving in cinemas this week, starring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix as the titular villain.

Colin Farrell’s look in the new Penguin series was inspired by Fredo from The Godfather, it has been revealed.Starring Farrell as the DC supervillain alongside How I Met Your Mother’s Cristin Milioti and Runaways’ Rhenzy Feliz, the new HBO show is scheduled to debut in the US on HBO Max on September 19 and Sky Atlantic/NOW today (September 20). Also joining the cast are Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Michael Kelly and Mark Strong.Farrell is unrecognisable as gangster Oz Cobb in the series, having undergone lengthy make-up and prosthetics to turn him into the villain.Speaking about the inspiration for the look of the character, director Matt Reeves said The Godfather was something they spoke about ahead of filming.He explained: “We talked a lot about Fredo.

Colin Farrell has admitted that he wanted the forthcoming Penguin series to be over by the end of filming.Starring Farrell as the supervillain, alongside How I Met Your Mother’s Cristin Milioti and Runaways’ Rhenzy Feliz, the show is scheduled to debut in the US on HBO Max on September 19 and Sky Atlantic/NOW the following day (September 20). Also joining the cast are Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Michael Kelly and Mark Strong.When asked about reprising his role for a second series, he told Total Film: “I don’t know, man.

Colin Farrell is starring in the HBO Original series The Penguin based on the DC Comics character and the showrunner is comparing it to Scarface.

Colin Farrell schemes to take over the city of Gotham in the trailer for his new Max series The Penguin.

HBO on Saturday unveiled a new trailer for The Penguin, its DC series centered on Colin Farrell‘s Batman villain of the same name, which is slated to debut on Thursday, September 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also be available to stream on Max.

While Matt Reeves made many good casting choices in his superhero film “The Batman,” the best of them might actually go to his version of The Penguin. Buried under a ton of prosthetics, looking absolutely unrecognizable, Colin Farrell brings to life one of Batman’s greatest villains.

The Penguin has given DC fans an idea of what happens after the end of The Batman.The 2022 story of one of DC’s most iconic superheroes, starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz, ended with Paul Dano’s Riddler destroying the sea wall and flooding Gotham, leaving the city in disrepair Batman aiding recovery efforts. Check out the trailer below.While fans will have to wait another couple of years for the sequel, with the current release date for Part II being October 2, 2026, the newest trailer for upcoming spin-off series The Penguin has hinted at what they can expect.Starring Colin Farrell as the supervillain, alongside How I Met Your Mother’s Cristin Milioti and Runaways’ Rhenzy Feliz, the series is scheduled to debut in the US on Max in September.

Colin Farrell is back as The Penguin!

EXCLUSIVE: Sky has swooped for The Penguin.

The Batman’s first spin-off series The Penguin is set to debut later this year.Created by Lauren LeFranc (Impulse), the series sees Colin Farrell reprise his role as Oswald Cobblepot aka the Penguin, and follows the character’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.The show takes place one week after events in 2022’s The Batman directed by Matt Reeves, who serves as a producer on the spin-off series.Other confirmed cast members include Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone and Michael Kelly as Johnny Vitti.While nothing has been confirmed, there’s every possibility that Batman will make an appearance in the series.As a continuation from The Batman, it’s likely this series will tee up events for the upcoming sequel, The Batman Part 2 – which is scheduled to be released on October 2, 2026. As such, it makes sense for Robert Pattinson to make some kind of fleeting appearance to drive excitement, whether as Batman or as Bruce Wayne.There’s a chance other characters from the original film could make guest appearances too, including Zoe Kravitz’ Catwoman and Jeffrey Wright’s James Gordon.Max released a trailer for the series in March – check it out above.This isn’t the only spin-off show in the pipeline, with a series about Arkham Asylum also in development from The Staircase showrunner Antonio Campos.In a four-star review of The Batman, NME wrote: “Director Matt Reeves has mixed up gritty mob drama with film-noir detective thriller – and thanks to Dano’s ultra-creepy villain, some psychological horror too.