[NEWS] Batman: Penguin is now female!

Yet more Politically Correct idiocy to avoid watching.  X-(
As if there weren't already female villains in Batman.

The image makes the character look more like a cross-dresser / 
transvesite than female. Maybe there is some bollocks background story 
about her being Oswald's unknown sister / daughter / etc., but I really 
can't be bothered finding out any more about this stupidity.


    'Batman: Caped Crusader' Unveils Minnie Driver
    as Gender-Swapped Penguin
    ----------------------------------------------
    Minnie Driver is taking on an iconic Batman villain,
    with a twist.

    She'll voice Oswalda Cobblepot, a female interpretation
    of The Penguin, in Prime Video's upcoming animated
    series "Batman: Caped Crusader."

    Image: 
<https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Penguin_Caped_Crusaer-e1722114807373.jpg> 


    The news was revealed during the Saturday San Diego
    Comic-Con panel for the hotly anticipated show, which
    started with a video message from executive producer
    Bruce Timm. He welcomed fans before kicking off the
    world premiere screening of the first episode, where
    Driver's Penguin is unveiled for the first time.

    Following the screening, executive producer Matt Reeves
    and the series' voice cast, including Driver, Hamish
    Linklater as Batman and Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn,
    had a lively conversation about the show and their
    roles.

    Driver acknowledged that some purists may take issue
    with a female Cobblepot, but she insists that the
    character still brings the essence of The Penguin.
    "If we're lucky enough to be invited onto the stage to
    inhabit these characters that already exist in the
    ether, we just sort of rise up to meet them. And this
    was such a beautiful retelling of that villain. It was
    joyful. And, I mean, she's dreadful."

    On Friday, Prime Video gave fans a sneak peek of the
    show by revealing an exclusive new clip at the end of a
    panel on the streamer's adult animation favorites,
    including "Invincible" and "The Legend of Vox Machina."

    Additional voice cast includes Diedrich Bader, Christina
    Ricci, Mckenna Grace, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C.
    Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Paul Scheer,
    Reid Scott, Tom Kenny, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony
    Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel
    Osment and Toby Stephens.

    The series is a reimagining of Batman mythology through
    the lens of executive producers Reeves, J.J. Abrams and
    Bruce Timm. It hails from Warner Bros. Animation, Abrams'
    Bad Robot Productions and Reeves' 6th & Idaho. Ed
    Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich
    and Sam Register also serve as executive producers.

    "Batman: Caped Crusader" will be available to stream on
    Prime Video beginning Aug. 1.


    
<https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/batman-caped-crusader-minnie-driver-penguin-oswalda-cobblepot-1236087851/>