The Penguin
Actors Are Pretty
When it comes to the SAG Awards, timing and visibility are everything — unless you're already as beloved as Kathy Bates.
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The actor made waves by playing antihero Sofia Falcone in the HBO series, which she calls "a huge, grand, heightened opera" to IW.
Craft Considerations
The team behind the HBO crime drama discusses how they expanded Oz Cobb's origin story for the small screen.
Filmmaker Toolkit
Matt Reeves on how "The Penguin" finale digs the unfillable hole in the heart of his "Batman 2” kingpin.
Max added 7 million net subscribers, most of them international, and the company is on pace to "meaningfully exceed" $1 billion in DTC profits by next year.
Filmmaker Interview
‘The Penguin’ Puts Kinky, Feminist Spin on the Crime Drama as Dr. Rush Goes from Psychiatrist to Sub
Creator Lauren LeFranc on flipping genre conventions: “In crime dramas many men sleep with women and then discard them, and that to me felt relevant for Sofia, she's going to use Rush.”
Filmmaker Interview
Creator Lauren LeFranc and costume designer Helen Huang take IndieWire behind the scenes of crafting the rise of Sofia Gigante.
Filmmaker Interview
Showrunner Lauren LeFranc explains Episode 4's jaw-dropping conclusion and the origins of her surprising and feminist take on Batman, crime drama, and Arkham Asylum.
Exclusive Photos
IndieWire goes inside the creation of Crown Point with production designer Kalina Ivanov.
The Caped Crusader has been a TV stalwart, but the big screen is the home of his most legendary adventures.
Filmmaker Interview
Why endure hours of work every day to make a handsome movie star unrecognizable? Farrell, Matt Reeves, and prosthetics makeup designer Mike Marino discuss creating Oswald Cobb.
Filmmaker Interview
You do not have to watch "The Penguin" to understand the "Batman" movie sequel, and that's by design. Matt Reeves tells IndieWire all about the choices that shaped the HBO show.
