Epix has released the first trailer for Pennyworth and it shows that before becoming Bruce Wayne’s trusted butler, Alfred Pennyworth played Bond-like security for his father, Thomas Wayne.
The 10-episode series chronicles the early adventures of the intrepid Pennyworth (Jack Bannon) by picking up with the character in his 20s in England when he is fresh from a stint as a British SAS soldier and working as a bouncer. Pennyworth’s Gotham City destiny begins to take shape when he accepts a security job with a young American tycoon named Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), who is not yet the father to Bruce Wayne.
The new show is a stand-alone story and is not tethered to the continuity of the just-concluded Fox series Gotham but it does hail from executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist, Rome) and executive producer/director Danny Cannon (Gotham).
Pennyworth premieres July 28 on Epix. Check out the official poster for the series below:
