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Television Academy viewers didn't treat The Penguin like some waddling bafoonish, cartoon villain, rather as a high-end prestige series. The DC Studios HBO show swam toward 24 Primetime Emmy nominations this morning, which is arguably the second best for a comic-book series and the second best for a DC series after HBO's 2019 series Watchmen, which owned 26 Emmy noms and is still cited by the Guiness Book of World Records as the most successful comic book series in Emmy history with 11 wins.
The Penguin's 24 noms also outpeg the 23 noms earned by Disney+/Marvel Studios' Wandavision back in 2021.
Penguin's success this AM comes in the wake of the new DC Studios' under Peter Safran and James Gunn launching their first big movie over the weekend, Gunn's Superman to $220M+ worldwide. On the horizon for DC Studios' the second season of The Peacemaker which is getting a blast off at San Diego Comic-Con next week.
Penguin's count is the second most noms of any show nominated for the 77th edition of the Emmys after AppleTV+'s Severance and it's part of HBO's overall 142 Emmy nom count this year.
Inspired by the Matt Reeves 2022 DC movie The Batman, which first introduced Colin Farrell's Gotham gangster kingpin Oz Cobb (Reeves an EP here), The Penguin was created by Lauren LeFranc, and follows the continuing adventures of the Dark Knight villain as he pegs his way through the city's ruling crime family spearheaded by Cristin Milioti's Sofia Falcone.
Farrell in the run-up to Emmys here has already collected Best Actor TV Drama trophies for playing Oz at SAG, Golden Globes and Critics Choice.
Of all the key wins are that for Mike Marino's team in outstanding prosthetic make-up, the goods which morphed Farrell from one of the most good-looking leading men to the most notorious scarred and bloated villain. Part of Farrell's nuance to get lost as Oz can be attributed to Marino's mask work.
The Penguin was nominated for 1. Limited Anthology Series 2. Best Actor Limited Anthology Series (Farrell) 3. Best Actress Limited Anthology Series (Milioti) 4. Supporting Actress Limited Anthology series (Deidre O'Connell) 5. Outstanding Production Design Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) 6. Casting Limited Anthology Series or Movie 7. Cinematography Limited Anthology Series or Movie 8. Contemporary Costumes Limited Anthology Series or Movie 9 & 10 Directing Limited Anthology Series or Movie (Helen Shaver for "Cent'anni" and Jennifer Getzinger for "A Great Or Little Thing"), 11, 12 & 13 Outstanding Editing for Limited Anthology Series or Movie ("Cent'anni", "Bliss", and "A Great or Little Thing"), 14. Contemporary Hairstyling 15. Outstanding Title Design 16. Contemporary Make-up (non-prosthetic) 17. Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up 18. Outstanding Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score) for Limited Anthology Series or Movie for Mick Giacchino's score 19. Sound Editing Limited Anthology Series or Movie 20. Sound Mixing Limited Anthology Series or Movie 21. Special VFX in single episode 22. Outstanding Stunt Performance 23. Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming and 24. Outstanding Writing for Limited Anthology Series or Movie for LeFranc's episode "A Great or Little Thing".
Said EP and Showrunner LeFranc today, "It is an honor to see our show recognized by the Television Academy in such a tremendous way. 24 nominations for The Penguin is astonishing. I am endlessly grateful for HBO Max's support, and beyond thrilled for Colin, Cristin, and Deirdre, whose work on The Penguin is nothing short of astounding. It has been a genuine pleasure making eight episodes with the kindest, most talented, and fiercely passionate cast and crew, and I look forward to trading in our heated vests and winter coats for something a touch classier, and ideally with fewer layers. One last hurrah. 'We did it, Ma.'"