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'The Penguin' Showrunner on Series Influenced by 'Scarface'

'The Penguin' Showrunner on Series Influenced by 'Scarface'

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'The Penguin' Showrunner on HBO & DC Studios Series Being Influenced by 'Scarface'

Colin Farrell stars in the HBO Original series The Penguin, based on the DC Comics character. The showrunner compares the series to Scarface.

Lauren LeFranc said in a recent interview that the spinoff of Matt Reeves' The Batman, which focuses on villain Oswald Cobblepot, is similar to the 1983 crime film directed by Brian De Palma.

“Matt [Reeves] came up with this Scarface story — a rise to power,” LeFranc told Empire. “I turned it into a psychological character study of this man.”