Best of 2024: How “The Penguin” Production Designer Kalina Ivanov Helped Bring Gotham Back to New York City
*This interview was selected by measures having nothing to do with science as one of our standouts from 2024. The creation of Gotham for HBO’s shockingly good series The Penguin fell, in large part, to ace production designer Kalina Ivanov. Here’s how she pulled it off. Production designer Kalina Ivanov was destined to be part ...
How “The Penguin” Production Designer Kalina Ivanov Helped Bring Gotham Back to New York City
Production designer Kalina Ivanov was destined to be part of the HBO spin-off series The Penguin from creator Lauren LeFranc, which stars Colin Farrell as the title character, Oz Cobb, reprising his role from Matt Reeves’ The Batman and remaining, once again, utterly unrecognizable. “The very first movie I saw in the theater after Covid ...
A New “The Penguin” Teaser Reveals Gotham’s Mean Streets
In a moody new teaser for HBO Max’s The Penguin, we’re taken back to the gritty, grimy streets of Gotham as envisioned by Matt Reeves in his excellent 2022 film The Batman, which introduced Robert Pattinson as the new Caped Crusader and which included a standout performance from Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot, the rotund gangster ...
“The Penguin” Trailer Reveals Colin Farrell’s Crime Lord Scheming for Control of Gotham
“Can you imagine? To be remembered like that?” These are the musings of Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell), also known by his unbeatable gangster nickname, The Penguin, in the official trailer for the upcoming Max series of the same name. Oswald is talking about a gangster he knew when he was growing up, a guy so ...
Kate Winslet Reigns Supreme in First “The Regime” Trailer
The official trailer for The Regime has arrived, with Kate Winslet returning to HBO after her stunning performance in the 2021 HBO series Mare of Easttown. In The Regime, however, Winslet trades her pitch-perfect Philadelphia-adjacent accent as a dutiful detective for the Queen’s English (although she’s certainly putting a twist on her normal speaking voice) as she plays a ...
Composer Kelly Mac Captures the Celestial Spirit of “Donyale Luna: Supermodel”
Donyale Luna was a whimsical invention. Born Peggy Ann Freeman in Detroit, she molded herself into a star. Luna conceived of and then captured remote dreams of glamour, fame, and adventure in the fashion industry. A tragically forgotten figure, the new documentary Donyale Luna: Supermodel – from director Nailah Jefferson – is a much-needed exploration ...
“The Penguin” First Look Reveals HBO Max’s “The Batman” Spinoff
“This — this is one of those moments where you gotta ask yourself, what kind of life do I want? The world ain’t built for guys like us; that’s why we gotta take whatever we decide is ours.” Welcome to the world view of Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell), also known by his unbeatable gangster nickname ...
HBO Max’s “It” Prequel “Welcome to Derry” Casts Taylour Paige, Chris Chalk, Jovan Adepo, & James Remar
Welcome back to Derry; please stay away from the sewers and avoid all balloons. Enjoy your stay! HBO Max has begun to fill out its cast for Welcome to Derry, its upcoming prequel to Andy Muschietti’s satisfyingly terrifying It and It: Chapter Two. Taylour Paige (Zola), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason), Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), and James Remar (Dexter) are all taking ...
“The Penguin” HBO Series Adds Scott Cohen, James Madio, & Michael Zegen
The Penguin series just added three new stars to the cast in the upcoming spinoff series starring Colin Farrell as the portly patriarch of the Gotham underworld. Variety reports that Scott Cohen, James Madio, and Michael Zegen will all be in appearing in the series, which will center on Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot and takes place after the events ...
Best of 2022: “Winning Time” Writer Rodney Barnes on Scripting HBO’s Fast-Breaking Lakers Series
It’s that time of year—we look back on a few of our favorite interviews from 2022 in our annual year-end list. It’s pretty much a slam dunk that Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty will appeal to basketball fans. After all, it tells the story of one of the most pivotal moments in ...
New HBO Max Trailer Reveals New Looks at “The Last Of Us” & More
HBO Max has dropped a new trailer teasing their 2023 slate, and it’s a heady mix of drama, comedy, dramedy (we’re looking at you, Barry), and more. Arguably the most hotly anticipated new series coming to the streamer is The Last of Us, the hugely ambitious video game adaptation from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. The Last ...
“The Sex Lives of College Girls” Star Reneé Rapp on Leighton’s Sexuality, Her Debut EP & More
Reneé Rapp’s eyes light up as she excitedly discusses the November 11 release of her upcoming debut EP, EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE. It’s something she’s wanted for a long time. “I always wanted to do music,” she tells me over Zoom. “That was all I ever wanted to do.” While an incredibly talented actor in her ...
“The Penguin” Casts Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone
The versatile, talented Cristin Milioti is heading to Gotham. Variety reports that Milioti is joining Colin Farrell in HBO Max’s The Penguin as Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone. The Penguin will pick up after The Batman ended, which means that Milioti’s Sofia will be living in a Gotham that no longer has to bow down to her ...
Colin Farrell Says “The Penguin” Will Begin A Week After “The Batman” Ending
While Colin Farrell is on a publicity tour for the critically acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin, which finds him re-teaming with his In Bruges director Martin McDonagh and co-star Brendan Gleeson, he’s offered up some delicious details about HBO Max’s The Penguin. The upcoming series will find Farrell reprising his role from Matt Reeves’ The Batman and is set to start filming ...
James Gunn Reveals “Peacemaker” Season 2 BTS Image
“Our friend will still be making lots of peace in Season 2,” James Gunn wrote on Twitter, assuring fans that the conflicted, beefy superhero played by John Cena will be returning for more mayhem in Peacemaker. Gunn shared an image of Cena, his face looking a little battered and bruised—peacemaking is a tough job—to ensure ...
Viola Davis in Talks to Play Amanda Waller in “Peacemaker” Spinoff Series on HBO Max
In James Gunn’s Peacemaker, the beefy titular superhero (John Cena) was unaware that (spoiler alert) one of his colleagues and new almost-best friends Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) was actually the daughter of the ruthless Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). Amanda Waller was the one who tapped Peacemaker to take part in an insanely dangerous mission in James ...
“Batgirl” Star Leslie Grace on the Moment Michael Keaton Returned as Batman & More
Leslie Grace is finally home. After spending months shooting Batgirl in London, the big HBO Max film in which she stars as the titular Gotham vigilante, Grace is finally able to look back on the production and take a breath. Grace stars as Barbara Gordon (Batgirl at night), the daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim ...
“Winning Time” Scores a Second Season With HBO
When we spoke with Winning Time co-creator, writer, and executive producer Jim Hecht, he said he and his fellow writers were already at work on season two. Well, it seems like Hecht and the Winning Time team got out on a fast break a few steps ahead. HBO has officially renewed Winning Time for a season second, which will pick ...
New “House of the Dragon” Video Teases HBO Max’s “Game of Thrones” Prequel
A new short video revealed by HBO Max teases their hotly-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. “Gods, kings, fire, and blood” we hear over the images of some of the series’ key players, including Paddy Considine’s King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon Targaryen, Olivia Cooke’s Alicent Hightower, and Rhys Ifans’ Otto Hightower. These are ...
An “It” Prequel Series May Haunt HBO Max
Pennywise the Clown may be coming into your living room. Variety has confirmed that an It prequel series is in the works at HBO Max, currently titled Welcome to Derry. The series will be set in the 1960s and lead up to the events in director Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film It: Part One, which itself was based on Stephen King’s sprawling, ...
