DC Television Pennyworth - Batman Prequel gets series order at Epix

[ArmsHeldOut]

Also, Ben Aldridge looks every bit the part of Thomas Wayne.

 

[Lencho01]

The cast...

 

[Ozbridge]

I’ll probably see this for the aesthetics alone.

Danny Cannons is a great director of photography; just based on his IG pics of locations and sets I thought that I wouldn't even care about story line and would watch based on aesthetics alone, and I was right.

 

[Manasrepublic]

I hope they show pennyworth being beaten up badly in his fights with trained enemy men and women. It’s been a while since we have seen an amazing villainess beat the absolute crap out of a hero. Would love to see that. Similar to the initial Supes vs Faora battle

 

[Pennywise]

New teaser with the release date. July 28th!

 

[TheVileOne]

Yeah I don't think this looks very good and I won't be watching this show.

 

[WhoMani]

This show feels like a throwaway Teen Titans Go gag and I wouldn't be surprised if we get a Uncle Ben show. Out of all the Bat characters they could have picked for a prequel show e.g. Ra's Al Ghul, Penguin etc. they chose Alfred

The teaser didn't intrigue me and I highly doubt this show will last more than one season.

 

[NotNickFury]

It's like the good old days when people wrote off Titans based on the first one or two trailers- particularly with the F-Batman line- but once the series dropped and those same people watched it, they magically changed their tune. Wonder what happened?

Perhaps it's that they watched the series and didn't just make a judgment call on a trailer without seeing the full product. But that would be ludicrous.

 

[WhoMani]

It's like the good old days when people wrote off Titans based on the first one or two trailers- particularly with the F-Batman line- but once the series dropped and those same people watched it, they magically changed their tune. Wonder what happened?

Perhaps it's that they watched the series and didn't just make a judgment call on a trailer without seeing the full product. But that would be ludicrous.

But trailers are supposed to entice you into watching the movie/show. If the first impressions (I'm specifically talking trailers/teasers) of the show/movie doesn't doesn't impress certain folks then of course they will write off the show off and not bother watching it. Till this day I still haven't watched Titans because the trailers didn't really interest me and that it wouldn't be my cup of tea based on a couple of clips that I've seen of the show.

 

[Ozbridge]

It seems like this has great production value and I look forward to this. I don't think it will get a season 2 anyway, the nature of it seems to be a one-and-done deal.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Every time I see that title I laugh and think of the Teen Titans movie joke where even Alfred gets a movie. Utility belt is next.

I’ve realized early on that these superhero tv shows are just not for me as I find most (all?) excruciatingly bad.

 

[Guts]

It seems like this has great production value and I look forward to this. I don't think it will get a season 2 anyway, the nature of it seems to be a one-and-done deal.

I think when this show was first announced, they said it was just going to be a mini series.

 

[Dr.]

 

[2kt09]

@TMP98 See, even this looks better than Watchmen and it's just some crime thriller with two well known characters.

 

[TMP98]

@TMP98 See, even this looks better than Watchmen and it's just some crime thriller with two well known characters.

I think i'd trust the show-runner of (IndieWire voted best show of the decade) The Leftovers over the show-runner of Gotham.

 

[Micromind]

Yeah, this looks miles better than Gotham.

The cinematography and production values are at par with few HBO shows. This could work as a limited episode series.

 

[Willi Berg]

Surprisingly enjoyed the trailer and will check out the show for sure.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well colour me surprised, I actually enjoyed that trailer.

I’m not sure I can stand all the dreadful accents though.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Lovely... the UK rights for Pennyworth will be going to the STARZPLAY streaming service. It will debut sometime in the Autumn.

Won't be watching this for a long while, as I'm not paying for another bloody streaming service.

 

[TMP98]

Reviews solid so far

 

[Gee]

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[Micromind]

Good to see so many positive reviews for this. Visually, it already looks great !

 

[Micromind]

It's nice when two people share the same passion and also happen to be two people who make television shows, though it's inevitably more important that those two people actually have talent. Luckily, that's the case with writer Bruno Heller and director Danny Cannon.

Both men will find Pennyworth less exhausting, since it's only 10 episodes (Gotham was a network-crazy 22 episodes for four seasons and 12 in the fifth), which should keep them creatively fresh throughout. Pennyworth also has the advantage of being more grown-up and elegantly stylized, while not losing the sense that it's a comic book come to life. Gotham also achieved that, but went for it in a more wildly cartoonish fashion, where Pennyworth has more grit and gravitas.

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[Rod]

Show is getting impressive reviews!!! Really nice:

 

[Pennywise]