As 2024 slowly but surely draws to a close, The first annual reviews are already appearing. Although there are still a little more than two months left, there are already ghosts, among other things the question of the best series of the year through the room. There are many hot candidates for this coveted title. That’s enough grandiose Shōgun along with his historical recordsabove the equally great Fallout up to 3 Body Problem from the Game of Thrones creators. But there is another promising contender cannot be seen on any of the three major streaming services and is currently making extremely big waves.
What is The Penguin about?
After fans had to wait for a hell of a long time, it finally dropped on September 20, 2024 the starting signal for the series The Penguin. This is on HBO and Max To see, in Germany the fans have to choose Switch on Sky or the streaming service WOW. It is a matter of a spin-off of the successful superhero film The Batman and focuses on the criminal Oswald “Oz” Cobb, also known as The Penguin. You slip into his role again Actor Colin Farrell. Instead of effectively staged fights, the series relies on a ruthless narrative art with a dark atmosphere. This is going down pretty damn well so far.
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How good is The Penguin actually?
Shortly after the premiere The Penguin was hailed with praise. Above all The exciting story and the fantastic cast of the series have been generating real storms of enthusiasm for several weeks – both among fans and critics. This is proven not least by the extremely good ratings for the Batman spin-off: At Rottentomatoes.com The Penguin is currently coming up an incredible 94 percentthe user score the Internet Movie Database portal is also an impressive 88 percent. But is the initial euphoria slowly fading away?
The exact opposite is the case. At least a closer look at the development of viewer numbers provides proof of this. The fifth episode of The Penguin was able to attract more than 1.8 million viewers to the screens in the USA alone last Sunday. This is not only a remarkable achievement in itself, but also also means a small record. No other episode of the series has been able to attract more viewers. The previous leader was episode 4 with 1.7 million.
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The positive headlines of the past few weeks seem to be arousing ever-increasing interest. However, it remains to be seen whether this trend will continue until the end of the first season. There are currently three more episodes pending, the grand finale is scheduled for November 11, 2024.
Those: Variety.com
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