The award-winning actress takes on the gender-swapped role of Oswalda Copperpot in the Prime Video animated series, which serves as J.J. Abrams’ reimagining of the Batman mythology, premieres worldwide August 1.
What a twist! During the world premiere screening for Batman: Caped Crusader on Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Minnie Driver will play Oswalda Copperpot, a gender-swapped version of Oswald Copperpot, aka 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,” said Driver during the panel. “And this was such a beautiful retelling of that villain. It was joyful. And, I mean, she’s dreadful.”
The series centers on Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant, and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the BATMAN. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.
Caped Crusader is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm. Based on DC characters, Batman: Caped Crusader hails from Warner Bros. Animation, Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Reeves’ 6th & Idaho.
Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, executive producers include Ed Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.
The series had previously been in production at Max, was axed, then picked up by Prime Video last March.
Batman: Caped Crusader premieres August 1 on Prime Video.
Source: Prime Video
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