Jack Bannon and Ben Aldridge to Lead EPIX ‘s New Drama Series Pennyworth

Jack Bannon and Ben Aldridge have been cast in EPIX drama series Pennyworth. The series is based on the DC Comics character, Alfred Pennyworth and his life before becoming guardian to Bruce Wayne.

The show follows Bruce Wayne’s legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security company and goes to work with a young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet Bruce’s father, in 1960s London.

Alfred Pennyworth is being described as a boyishly handsome, cheerful, charming, clever young man from London. Honest, open-faced and witty; you’d never take him for an SAS killer. Alfred doesn’t know how to reconcile the kind-hearted boy he used to be with the cold, calculated killer he was forced to become. He’s a man on the make, who doesn’t know what to make of himself yet.

Thomas Wayne is being described as a young, fresh-faced billionaire hailing from the east coast of the United States. Confident and extremely disciplined, this young aristocrat meets an unlikely business partner in Alfred Pennyworth.

Production on the series will begin this comong Monday, October 22 at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, in the UK.

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