The prequel will be set in 1960s London and, according to a press release from EPIX, chronicle Alfred’s origin story as “a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and goes to work with Thomas Wayne, Bruce’s billionaire father.”
Production will kick off later this year for a debut in 2019.
Titled Pennyworth, the series will tell a whole new story about the Dark Knight’s confidant and butler pal, but still be based on comic characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.