EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating with
Colin Farrell to play The Penguin in the
Matt Reeves-directed
The Batman. If the deal closes, he will round out the trio of villains going against Rob Pattinson's Caped Crusader, with
Paul Dano as The Riddler and
Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman.
The Irish-born actor has turned in an array of performances in very different films that include
Dumbo, Widows, Roman J. Israel Esq, The Lobster and
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and has dialed up the intensity in a superhero villain role before when he menaced Ben Affleck's Daredevil character in the showy role of Bullseye, years ago.