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A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

• A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

• A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  ReedeFox > 17/05/2018, 12:49

  With Gotham being renewed for it's final season, fans will be happy to hear that they will also be getting a prequel Batman universe series called Pennyworth.
  
  
   
  The series will be centred around Bruce Wayne's butler/father-figure, Alfred Pennyworth and will delve into his past and how he came to look after Bruce. Gotham creator and writer, Bruce Heller, is the brains behind Pennyworth but claims the new show won't be related to it in any way. The tale will be told over 10 episodes and it promises to be an interesting and gripping story.
   
  Pennyworth will be put out by Epix and CEO Michael Wright had this to say about it:
   
  

  Quote:As genuine fans of these classic DC characters, as well as the incredibly talented Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, we couldn't be more excited to make Epix the home of this series.
  
  We can't wait to work with Bruno and Danny - along with Peter Roth, Susan Rovner, Brett Paul and the team at Warner Horizon - on this fantastic origin story.

  
  
  
  Shooting is due to start later on this year with a release date set for sometime in 2019. Exciting stuff!

• RE: A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  jesslloydfan > 19/05/2018, 21:25

  That sounds like a really poor idea for a tv show, you’d think they’d have a character more fitting to a series than Batman’s butler. Can’t see what possible storylines they could use that would actually be that interesting, when the tea wasn’t quite hot enough and guests were coming soon.. oh no. Thrilling.

• RE: A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  ReedeFox > 23/05/2018, 14:38

  He's definitely the least interesting character. Maybe we'll find out he's been robbing Bruce blind all these years and using the money on hookers and cocaine. That might make it a tad more interesting. They should get me in that writers room!

• RE: A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  dony > 25/05/2018, 02:41

  yeah i have to agree what a boring sequel it sounds to be, whos really trying to see the super heros butler as the star, it could be ok though u never know, the butler might surprise u lol

• RE: A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  burns72 > 25/05/2018, 14:42

  It actually say prequel not sequel so will get Alfred's back story so his life before he became butler to the Wayne family, as there are obviously different versions of his story but Gotham has him as ex SAS so might be interesting to see how his journey from there to Wayne Manor unfolded and whether he left the military gracefully or disgracefully! Don't diss something before it's even made as Dony said it might surprise us.

• RE: A Batman sequel based on Alfred has just been confirmed!

  gymaddict69 > 25/05/2018, 21:44

  Personally i'd much rather Gotham just continue. Granted the show, come its conclusion, would have had 5 series under its belt, it does feel as though things could be fleshed out more. Does feel as though its being all tied up before its time. 'Pennyworth' does feel like kinda bottom of the barrel stuff. What especially puts me o is, as mentioned, it will only run for 10 episodes. If that is hhe entire tale, just makes it seem all the more just like another lacklustre, rushed spin off.
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