THE PENGUIN Production Designer Responds To Possible Scarecrow Easter Egg

THE PENGUIN Production Designer Responds To Possible Scarecrow Easter Egg

Fans thought they spotted a pretty blatant Scarecrow Easter egg in the fourth episode of The Penguin, and the show's production designer has now responded...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 17, 2024 08:11 PM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

A couple of screenshots from the fourth episode of The Penguin were shared online recently after a fan noticed what looked a lot like the Scarecrow's mask and glove from the Arkham video games in Doctor Julian Rush's office.

YouTuber BobaTalks later weighed-in, claiming that there were early plans to make Rush Doctor Jonathan Crane. We're not sure if there's any truth to this, but the show's production designer, Kalina Ivanov, has now responded to the fan-theory.

Ivanov didn't confirm or deny anything, but did say that they "left it open to interpretation," which suggests that the items on the table could well be inspired by the fear-inducing Batman villain.

Does this mean Rush is actually supposed to be the Scarecrow? That's probably a bit of a leap, but who knows what Matt Reeves and Lauren LeFranc have in store for the character?

We want to know what you made of this first season (more have been discussed, but not confirmed) of The Penguin, so be sure to vote in the poll at the link below.

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The Penguin stars Colin Farrell (Oz Cobb), Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Madio (Milos Grapa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo), and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush).

The eight-episode DC Studios drama series continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves began with Warner Bros. Pictures’ global blockbuster The Batman, and centers on the character played by Farrell in the film.

The series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro. Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, the show is produced by Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/17/2024, 8:59 PM
Stop reusing the Nolan villains, give us Clayface and the Court of Owls.
TehJoker
TehJoker - 11/17/2024, 9:06 PM
@soberchimera - Ah yes, nolan invented scarecrow. He wasnt in the comics for 80 years before then. Nyeheheheh
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/17/2024, 9:09 PM
@soberchimera - watch Reeves repeat Riddler and call it Hush
xfan320
xfan320 - 11/17/2024, 9:14 PM
@McMurdo - this is my greatest fear. I want a storyline that feels tonally different to the "mystery/conspiracy" vibe of the first film.
Mastero
Mastero - 11/17/2024, 9:17 PM
@xfan320 - Batman is a detective character. You're gonna be disapointed. He won't do hush, but he will likley have more detective movies. As he should.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/17/2024, 9:36 PM
@TehJoker - The Scarecrow was invented by Nolan.....Batman is not even 60 years old you Jonkler, it was invented by Adam West.
asherman93
asherman93 - 11/17/2024, 9:37 PM
@TehJoker - I think what they mean is that Nolan made Scarecrow a much more well-known villain to non-comic fans in Batman Begins - him, and Ra's al Ghul.

By contrast, the following installments of the the trilogy featured villains who HAD appeared in the Burton/Schumacher tetralogy.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/17/2024, 9:39 PM
@Mastero - naaah...Batman is Rambo dressed as a Bat , he was the inspiration for The Punisher, just watch Zack Snyder's Batman , thats the one Bob "Dole" Kane was talking about ,
TehJoker
TehJoker - 11/17/2024, 9:47 PM
@Malatrova15 - Wrong, batman was invented by bill clinton to fight
TehJoker
TehJoker - 11/17/2024, 9:59 PM
@asherman93 - Eh the arkham games did imo. He's just a side goon and not very memorable.
xfan320
xfan320 - 11/17/2024, 11:03 PM
@Mastero - yes, but how do you know he won't do Hush? He already set it up in the last movie...

And obviously detective elements are gonna be there, but I don't want another mysterious backstory tying Bruce to a greater conspiracy of corruption in Gotham when we just finished doing that same storyline in part 1...

Or make it just a small part to be introduced for Part 3.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/17/2024, 11:09 PM
@soberchimera - to be fair, The Batman used 2 villains who weren't in Nolan's. While I'm sure now that Rush is Scarecrow, I don't think he's being used in the next film, just set up for later use.
Penguin also teased Court of Owls.
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 11/17/2024, 11:12 PM
@Malatrova15 - "Dole" lmfaoooo
Mastero
Mastero - 11/17/2024, 11:58 PM
@xfan320 - Bruce was barely tied to a greater conspiracy. Im saying hush wont be introduced till later

Honestly though no. I disagree. I want more conspiraces.

Id maybe a good fashioned romp with freeze, but if Matt wants to do another noir detective story (Which is literly batman) He should do it.

And fyi you probably don't get far in comics, because batman deals with that sort of thing, a lot
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/18/2024, 1:21 AM
@soberchimera - Clayface and Court of Owls would be cool to see, but I also wouldn't mind seeing Hush and Freeze. Even if the latter already appeared in live-action
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/18/2024, 4:17 AM
@bkmeijer1 - We kinda got a version of Clayface in The Penguin. Ms Karlo changed her appearance to resemble Penguin's mother in the last scene. It was a much more realistic version of Clayface like the original version in the comics, Basil Karlo.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/18/2024, 4:27 AM
@xfan320 - I think the Hush easter egg was just pointing out that this version of the Riddler was heavily inspired by Hush. The name of the reporter who was silenced was Edward Elliott. Edward like Edward Nashton/Nygma and Elliott like Thomas Elliott. This is basically the animated movie version of Hush.

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bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/18/2024, 10:14 AM
@ObserverIO - haven't gotten that far, but I figured she was a Clayface reference due to her surname. Wouldn't mind her showing up again.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/18/2024, 10:37 AM
@bkmeijer1 - (apologies for the mild spoiler)
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/18/2024, 12:48 PM
@xfan320 - Yup and the fact that he is still writing the script is concerning IMO. Leads me to believe he's struggling to nail the story.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/18/2024, 1:46 PM
@ObserverIO - no problem. Like I said, I kinda saw it coming. And it's been over a week, so spoilers are everywhere now anyway
TehJoker
TehJoker - 11/17/2024, 9:18 PM
Mcmurdo likley upvoting himself with his alts. Awful.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/17/2024, 9:37 PM
Amazin , pls suport ukraine
TehJoker
TehJoker - 11/17/2024, 9:47 PM
@Malatrova15 - *Grabs neck*

STOP GETTING POLITICAL. FOR [frick] SAKE

Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/17/2024, 10:00 PM
@TehJoker - i saw your movie pal, just because you get vanquised by big irish love doenst mean we need to vanquish free speech
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 11/17/2024, 10:37 PM
@Malatrova15 - lol a Bob Dole reference has to get a thumbs up
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/17/2024, 9:47 PM
Let Julian Rush be an expendable protege of Crane’s nothing nore, his character was wack and isnt deserving of the mask.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 11/17/2024, 10:46 PM
I’m down for them expanding on the villains in shows rather than in the movies. Take some of the characters used more recently or that they aren’t going to use in movies and let them shine elsewhere.

Catwoman
Scarecrow
The Joker
Two Face
Mr. Zsasz
Black Mask

And for the love of god give us a Gotham Central shows with Jeffrey Wright’s Gordon
xfan320
xfan320 - 11/17/2024, 11:10 PM
@Ha1frican - considering how many HBO shows Jeffrey Wright has appeared in previously, I'm surprised they didn't get him yet either for a GCPD spinoff
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/17/2024, 11:41 PM
Bring in "Boss" Rupert Thorne as a political operative for the Penguin!

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Mastero
Mastero - 11/17/2024, 11:59 PM
@Nomis929 - Thorne should be a rival crime boss. He would never work for the penguin. Penguin shouldn't be the only crimelord, he needs foes like Sionis or other crime families
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/18/2024, 12:32 AM
@Mastero - I was thinking that if Penguin eventually become the mayor, Throne would be the head of Gotham city Council, as he originally was portrayed in the comics, they would work together in outlawing and eventually getting rid of Batman.
AnEye
AnEye - 11/18/2024, 9:42 AM
@Nomis929 - Rupert would be perfect for the Reeves Batman universe.
kg8817
kg8817 - 11/18/2024, 7:14 AM
As much as I want to say to not reuse a Nolan villain, Reeves already did it with Selina and did a pretty good job.

Scarecrow has only had technically 1 movie appearance, even if Crane was featured in all 3 briefly.

But if Reeves wants to do a live action Arkham Game style Scarecrow; I am all for it.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 11/18/2024, 7:29 AM
Did someone call my name?
I see "Nolan" all over this comment thread.
Nolanite out

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