Pennyworth is really starting to steamroll towards production. Yesterday,Jack Bannonwas announced as Batman’s future butler Alfred. Now, we have two more exciting casting additions for the upcoming DC Comics series.
Ryan Fletcher and Hainsley Lloyd Bennett are set to star as series regulars inPennyworth. The show is coming from Epix and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. The drama will bebased on characters from the DC comics. Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon are executive producing thisBatmanprequel.
Pennyworthis set to start shooting next week, on Monday, July 17, 2025. Production will be taking place at Warner. Bros. Studios Leavesden, in the UK, where several other DC Comics movies have been shot, as well as theHarry Potterfranchise. So there is a lot of history and magic locked away there, swirling around in the air, which is sure to land on this production as it gets underway.
Ryan Fletcher and Hainsley Lloyd Bennett have been cast as series regulars in the upcoming Epix drama seriesPennyworth. Fletcher and Bennett will portray “Dave Boy” and “Bazza,” respectively; both are lifelong friends of Alfred’s from theirarmy days serving in the same corps.
Dave Boy, a haggard Highland Scotsman who is slowly drinking himself to death since leaving the army, is a close ally of Alfred and Bazza and also the most unpredictable of the trio. Bazza, a posh Bajan playboy, is highly proficient at logistics and a valued member of Alfred’s team.
The 10-episode, one-hour drama series is based on DC characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger. It followsBruce Wayne’s legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a former British SAS soldier in his 20’s, who forms a security company and goes to work with a young billionaire Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), who’s not yet Bruce’s father, in 1960s London.
Fletcher’s credits includeShetlandandOutlander. Bennett’s credits includeCasualtyandEastenders.Pennyworthis the first television series to film at Leavesden. Epix, an MGM company, is a premium television network delivering a broad line-up of quality original series and documentaries, the latest movie releases and classic film franchises - all available on TV, on demand, online and across devices.
A destination for premium content,Epixis tripling the amount of original programming on the network beginning in 2018, with a roster of original series includingGet Shortystarring Chris O’Dowd and Ray Romano, spy thrillersBerlin StationandDeep State, the return of Mark Burnett’s boxing competition seriesThe Contenderand late night stand-up comedy seriesUnprotected Setsfrom executive producer Wanda Sykes.
In 2019, the network will premiere new seriesGodfather of Harlemstarring Forest Whitaker,Pennyworth, the origin story of Batman’s butler Alfred, from DC and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, andOur Lady, LTD starring Sir Ben Kingsley. Launched in October 2009, EPIX is available nationwide through cable, telco, satellite and emerging digital distribution platforms providing more movies than any other network with thousands of titles available for streaming.
A division of the Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Horizon Scripted Television was founded in 2006 and is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of dramatic and comedic programming for the cable and subscription/on-demand marketplace. Series produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television includeAnimal KingdomandClawsfor TNT;David Makes Man,Love Is___andQueen Sugarfor OWN;Fuller Housefor Netflix;Kryptonfor SYFY;Pennyworthfor Epix;Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionistsfor Freeform; andYoufor Lifetime.
