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Get ready to see the youngest version of Alfred onscreen to date, as the Pennyworth series has officially cast its titular character.
According to a report byTHR,The Imitation Gamestar Jack Bannon has been selected for the titular role in new Epix series,Pennyworth. The show comes fromGothamshowrunner Bruno Heller.
While this will not be a prequel to Gotham, it will revolve around an Alfred that’s in his 20’s, having served in the British Army. The show will see Alfred forming a security company, which leads him to meet Thomas Wayne in the 1960’s.
According to the report, Alfred is a “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.”
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Pennyworth, based on DC characters created by Bill Fingr and Bob Kane, will be the first DC TV show on Epix. The show has already received a 10-episode order and is being co-produced and directed by Gotham’s Danny Cannon. Production will begin in Warner Bros studio in the United Kingdom on October 22nd.
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