Colin Farrell In Talks To Play Penguin, Rounding Out ‘The Batman’ Villain Trio – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating with Colin Farrell to play The Penguin within the Matt Reeves-directed The Batman. If the deal closes, he’ll spherical out the trio of villains going in opposition to Employ Pattinson’s Caped Crusader, with Paul Dano as The Riddler and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman.

The Irish-born actor has turned in an array of performances in very assorted films that include Dumbo, Widows, Roman J. Israel Esq, The Lobster and Fabulous Beasts and The save to Gain Them, and has dialed up the depth in a superhero villain characteristic earlier than when he menaced Ben Affleck’s Daredevil personality within the showy characteristic of Bullseye, years within the past.

The Penguin was conducted by Danny DeVito in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns in 1992.

Farrell is repped by CAA