Batman prequel series Pennyworth is eying a move to HBO Max for season 3. Jack Bannon stars as Alfred Pennyworth, the future butler to Bruce Wayne. An alt-history crime drama, Pennyworth follows Alfred's exploits as a former British SAS agent in 1960s London working as a bouncer at a club while trying to get a security firm off the ground. Bannon's role was modeled after Michael Caine's portrayal of Alfred in The Dark KnightPennyworth's first season premiered on Epix in 2019, consisting of 10 episodes.

This alternate history sees Alfred confront an updated Jack the Ripper, get involved with an attempted coup, and meet the people who would become Bruce Wayne's parents. Targeted by the Raven Society, Alfred teams up with American agents Thomas and Martha Wayne of the No Name League. Pennyworth has introduced a backstory to the titular butler that no one could have expected and the series has garnered a small but loyal following.

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That following may have to change the channel when Pennyworth's third season arrives, with Deadline reporting that the series is eying a move to HBO Max for its third season. Negotiations between Epix and Warner Bros. TV are ongoing, with the streamer trying to score access to stream the first two seasons before potentially renewing Pennyworth for season 3.

Jack Bannon and Ryan Fletcher in Pennyworth Season 1 EPIX

It's no surprise that HBO Max is trying to snag the series. The streamer has become the home for most DC-related content and it looks to be trying to make sure it is the one and only home for anything tangentially related to their DCEU franchise. Disney+ has had massive success with its corralling of Marvel content on its streamer, going on to use the platform to launch its massive series in 2021. Now that Warner Bros. is looking to the future of their DC content, it makes sense that they'd want to have it easily accessible in one place.

Still, Pennyworth has yet to be renewed for a third season and there's a chance HBO Max could decide not to. Cancelling the series would be a shame, as it has added a unique new layer to the Batman mythos that could lead to more spinoffs of its own. Pennyworth's second season just completed its run on Epix in April after facing delays due to the pandemic. With season 2's wild ending, fans are hoping that the show could rise again and complete the story it set out to tell.

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Source: Deadline