So we got a blessing from the king himself. That small change of the name allowed us to look at this character in a grounded way.” The Penguin premieres on HBO and Max on Sept. 19, 2024.

She took on the name only after marrying mobster Rocco Gigante—who doesn’t make an appearance on The Penguin. In Dark Victory, she even kills her brother, Alberto, herself.

Just days before The Penguin is due to drop, fans think they have finally figured out the reasoning behind Penguin’s name change in the upcoming HBO show, and it has something to do with another ...

(SPOILERS) The Penguin Episode 8 finally revealed to viewers – beyond any shadow of a doubt – that Oswald Cobb (Colin Farrell) was a total sociopath, incapable of true love and connection.

The Penguin isn’t a story about a supervillain; it’s a gangster show. Sometimes that's the way to go with these things.

With all this hubbub about the new Penguin series, its only appropriate that we dive deeper into the Penguins origins, especially how he got his villainous name in the first place.