While DC has failed to reach the levels of the MCU with their films, their tv shows are doing a fantastic job critically and ratings wise. With Gotham coming to an end this season, a new series is set to premiere soon. The Alfred Pennyworth origin series, Pennyworth has been green lit and has officially cast its leading man.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game) has been cast as the titular character. The upcoming series will revolve around Alfred in his 20s, and has already served as a Brisith SAS soldier. After is time in the military, Alfred will form a security company which leads him to work with a young billionaire named Thomas Wayne in 1960s London. At this point in the tale, Thomas is not yet a father to Bruce Wayne.
The report describes this young Alfred as,
“a boyishly handsome, cheerful, charming, clever young man from London. Honest, open-faced and witty, people would never take him for an SAS killer. Alfred doesn’t know how to reconcile the kind-hearted boy he used to be with the cold, calculated killer he was forced to become. He’s a man on the make, who doesn’t know what to make of himself yet.”
Production on the new series will begin on October 22nd.
