Noted book author George Orwell () gets some unwelcome attention for Salt () who doesn't appreciate his mockery of fascism in this clip from the season two premiere of Pennyworth, "The Heavy Crown." Watch next December 20 on Epix.
Pennyworth Season two picks up a year after the explosive events of season one. England finds itself embroiled in a devastating civil war, with the powerful, neo-fascist Raven Union, led by Lord Harwood (Jason Flemyng) threatening to control the entire country. North London remains one of the few resistance holdouts remaining. It's here in the West End Neutral Zone, that we find Alfred Pennyworth. After years in the British Army, his training with the SAS has taught him to be a cynical optimist -- expecting the worst, but knowing that he can handle it. Now running The Delaney, a black-market Soho club that welcomes everyone, regardless of their politics, Alfred, with his SAS mates, Deon "Bazza" Bashford (Hainsley Lloyd Bennett) and Wallace "Daveboy" MacDougal (Ryan Fletcher), is now in search of a way out -- before London, and his country, burns itself to the ground. And he's got his eye on America.
Pennyworth is the 2019 live-action TV series based on DC Comics characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.
It follows Bruce Wayne’s legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and goes to work with Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), Bruce’s billionaire father, in 1960’s London. The pair are drawn into conflict with Lord Harwood (Jason Flemyng) who runs a shadow organization called the Raven Union which aims to overthrow the U.K. government.
Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist, Rome) serves as executive producer/writer and Danny Cannon serves as executive producer/director (Gotham, CSI series).
The show originated on the cable/streaming service EPIX, but relocated the HBO Max for its third season.
As of season three the show is promoted under the title Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler.
