The first season of Pennyworth was a big move for Epix that paid off well as it did solid numbers for the service and had a second season green-lit pretty quickly overall. Personally, it was one of the best series of the last few years for me, especially with a fantastic opening sequence. That said, I didn’t like Epix enough to pay for it so I ended up waiting for digital-purchase options for it as I did not need another streaming service.
The third season pickup had it moving to HBO Max, which made a lot more sense and provides the consolidation of properties that should be happening anyway. The show made an October 2022 debut as Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler and that just didn’t work at all for a title. Personally, it didn’t help as the third season also went even further astray of the foundations of the first season and I can’t even remember if I finished it because it had diminished itself so badly, which was unfortunate after a fantastic first season.
Now, as the consolidation and reorienting of the DC world continues at Warner Bros. Discovery, the series has come to a formal end and there will be no fourth season produced for it.
“While HBO Max is not moving forward with another season of ‘Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler,’ we are very thankful to creator Bruno Heller and executive producers Matthew Patnick, Danny Cannon, and John Stephens, along with Warner Bros. Television, for their brilliant, unique, gripping depiction of the origin of Alfred Pennyworth, one of the most iconic characters in the Batman world,” said an HBO Max spokesperson in a statement. “An incredible blend of action, drama and humor, for three seasons, ‘Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler’ has taken fans on a mind-bending ride into Alfred’s eccentric world and the beginnings of cutting-edge super heroes and super villains.”
The cast includes Jack Bannon as Alfred Pennyworth, Ben Aldridge as Thomas Wayne, Ryan Fletcher as Dave Boy, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett as Bazza, Paloma Faith as Bet Sykes, Jason Flemyng as Lord Harwood, Emma Paetz as Martha Kane, Polly Walker as Peggy Sykes, and Jessica Ellerby as The Queen.
Plot Concept: The DC origin series PENNYWORTH: THE ORIGIN OF BATMAN’S BUTLER follows Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a former British SAS soldier, who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) and his wife Martha (Emma Paetz), before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents. Season three of the psychological thriller begins after a five-year time jump: the civil war is over, and a cultural revolution has changed the world for better or worse – ushering in a new age of Super Heroes and Supervillains.
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