Jack Bannon (Endeavour, The Imitation Game) will officially star in Epix’s upcoming Pennyworth prequel as Batman’s butler Alfred Pennyworth, with Ben Aldridge (Fleabag, Our Girl) appearing alongside him as billionaire Thomas Wayne. The series is coming from Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller, but reportedly will not serve as a Gotham sequel. Instead, it will be a practically unrelated 10-episode scripted drama
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Earlier this week, it was announced that Saturday Night Live star Alec Baldwin was set to star in Joker, an upcoming origin movie centred around Batman’s make-upped and maniacal nemesis. But now, the actor has revealed that he has dropped out of the project. Talking to USA Today, Baldwin claimed that scheduling issues were to blame