The Penguin is an American crime drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drama) television miniseries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries) developed by Lauren LeFranc for HBO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO). Based on the DC Comics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics) character Penguin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_(character)), it is a spin-off (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-off_(media)) from the film The Batman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Batman_(film)) (2022) that explores the Penguin's rise to power in Gotham City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_City)'s criminal underworld. LeFranc serves as the showrunner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner) of the series, which is produced by DC Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Studios) in association with Warner Bros. Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television)