Bruno Heller has a funny way — quite literally — of describing the move of ‘Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler’ from Epix to HBO Max
For those who aren’t familiar with the origin story, Alfred Pennyworth is a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents. Season three of the thriller begins after a five-year time jump: the civil war is over, and a cultural revolution has changed the world for better or worse – ushering in a new age of super heroes and supervillains.
“You’re getting premonitions and presaging of those characters,” explains Heller. “This is very much Alfred’s story. It’s the parents’ story. The world is getting ready for the entry of those superheroes and super villains. You’re seeing the origin stories of how that world came to be rather than those characters themselves.” ‘s star. “He’s sort of handsome caricature of himself.
The ten-episode drama series is executive produced by Heller, Matthew Patnick, Danny Cannon and John Stephens. It also stars Paloma Faith, Ryan Fletcher, Dorothy Atkinson, Ramon Tikaram, Harriet Slater and Simon Manyonda and is produced in the UK at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
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