Batman: Caped Crusader Casts Minnie Driver as Gender-Swaped Penguin Oswalda

Minnie Driver has been cast as Oswalda, a gender-swapped version of the Penguin, in Batman: Caped Crusader .

Driver — known for starring in 1997’s Good Will Hunting, 1997’s Grosse Pointe Blank, and more — will voice Oswalda in Batman: Caped Crusader, which premieres on Amazon Prime Video this coming August.

Driver said about her character at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, via Variety , “If we’re lucky enough to be invited onto the stage to inhabit these characters that already exist in the ether, we just sort of rise up to meet them. And this was such a beautiful retelling of that villain. It was joyful. And, I mean, she’s dreadful.”

What do we know about Batman: Caped Crusader?

The official logline for the series reads, “It is an all-new animated series and reimagining of the Batman mythology. Utilizing state-of-the-art animation techniques, this powerful creative partnership will once again reinvent the character and his iconic rogue’s gallery with sophisticated storytelling, nuanced characters, and intense action sequences, all set in a visually striking world.”

Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) is voicing the titular Dark Knight in Batman: Caped Crusader. Along with Driver, the voice cast of the series also includes Diedrich Bader, Christina Ricci, Mckenna Grace, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Paul Scheer, Reid Scott, Tom Kenny, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel Osment, and Toby Stephens.

Batman: Caped Crusader comes from executive producers Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), and Matt Reeves (The Batman).Ed Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register also serve as executive producers.

Originally developed as a Max series before Amazon MGM Studios picked it up with a two-season order in March 2023, Batman: Caped Crusader premieres on Prime Video on August 1, 2024.