Jack Bannon To Play Alfred In Batman Prequel PENNYWORTH; New Plot Details Revealed

Jack Bannon To Play Alfred In Batman Prequel PENNYWORTH; New Plot Details Revealed

We've known for a while now that the makers of Gotham are working on another Batman prequel (this time revolving around a young Alfred Pennyworth) and now an actor has been found to play the future butler!

By JoshWilding - Oct 15, 2018 07:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Pennyworth
Source: Deadline
While it's still not clear just how closely related to Gotham it will end up being, the show's producers (Bruno Heller and director Danny Cannon) are hard at work on Epix's Pennyworth and have now found their Alfred. He will be played by Jack Bannon, an English actor whose credits include The Imitation Game and TV shows like Ripper and Endeavour. This is by far the actor's biggest role to date, however. 

Production will reportedly begin at Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios in the UK on October 22nd, making it the first TV series to shoot at a location which is normally reserved for big budget blockbusters like Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, and Wonder Woman. So, what should we expect from the series?

Well, it's said that it will follow Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier in his 20’s, who forms a security company and goes to work with a young billionaire, Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet Bruce’s father, in 1960s London. This take on Alfred is described as being boyishly handsome (which describes Bannon), cheerful, charming, clever young man from London.

Honest, open-faced and witty; you’d 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. So, it certainly matches the comic books in some respects but do we need an origin story for Alfred? Time will tell on that front!

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DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 10/15/2018, 7:58 AM
Why does everyone in the Gotham universe have to be a cold blooded killer hiding behind some sort of charm?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 10/15/2018, 7:59 AM
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/15/2018, 8:00 AM
Teen Titans Go! wasn’t kidding, huh.

That’s [frick]ed.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 10/15/2018, 8:02 AM
NO! BAD! NO!
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 10/15/2018, 8:03 AM
So Dark. Are we sure he’s not from the DC Universe?
BeyondtheFuture
BeyondtheFuture - 10/15/2018, 8:03 AM
At this point I've lost all faith in WB, I'm not even sure Aquaman is going to be good or Shazam and they both seemed like slam dunks. Although Aquaman is releasing two weeks early in China so that's promising. But I'm not convinced the audience is going to show up for either. Too many burns.
Origame
Origame - 10/15/2018, 8:54 AM
@BeyondtheFuture - general audiences really dont care about studios though.
BeyondtheFuture
BeyondtheFuture - 10/15/2018, 8:58 AM
@Origame - Not studios per say, but I think they're getting savvy enough to recognise which brands are delivering quality content and which - arguably - aren't.
Origame
Origame - 10/15/2018, 10:01 AM
@BeyondtheFuture - no not really. How else would you explain venoms success? Especially after what the critics said. This is really a matter of what seems interesting to them.
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 10/15/2018, 8:04 AM
I’m more excited for the aunt May movie where she goes to the doctor, finds out she has osteoporosis , and finds out her insurance won’t cover it. Filled with a desire for justice, she meets Dan, a helpful State Farm rep who teaches her to love again.
ArthurFleck
ArthurFleck - 10/15/2018, 8:14 AM
When the DCEU becomes the least dark property out of all the DC related content being made because WB is obsessed with dark and gritty things. Have I stepped into a bizarro world?

NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/15/2018, 8:18 AM
Good luck to the actor for landing the role.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 10/15/2018, 8:19 AM
This was literally a joke on Teen Titans Go To The Movies
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/15/2018, 8:19 AM
This is a thing.

The Question is not a thing.

Why are you like this, DC?
NotoriousWolf23
NotoriousWolf23 - 10/15/2018, 8:19 AM
Wtf
Menks123
Menks123 - 10/15/2018, 8:22 AM
Jesus christ, are you fricking kidding me with this bs?

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