Paul Reubens To Play Penguin's Father on 'Gotham'; 'One Life to Live's' Lenny Platt Guest Stars Tonight

(L-R) Captain Barnes (Michael Chiklis), Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie)
and Bullock (Donal Logue). ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. Photo Credit: FOX.

Paul Reubens (Pee-wee's Playhouse) will plan Penguin's (Robin Lord Taylor) father in an upcoming episode of FOX drama Gotham, it was announced this weekend at New York Comic Con. Reubens played the role 23 years ago in Batman Returns. Tonight's episode of Gotham will feature another familiar face: One Life to Live and How to Get Away with Murder alum Lenny Platt.

In the episode, "Rise of the Villains: Strike Force," Captain Barnes (Michael Chiklis) is called to duty to create a law-abiding task force, with the help of Gordon (Ben McKenzie). Meanwhile, Penguin gets caught up in a favor for Galavan (James Frain), and Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) asks Kringle (guest star Chelsea Spack) out on a date.

Check out the Gotham 2015 New York Comic-Con sizzle reel below:

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Rick Springfield. Photo Credit: Getty Images

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The "Jessie's Girl" singer says he owes the fans for his career in show business. He said he walked along the Walk of Fame as a youngster and hoped to one day be successful enough to merit a star. He also dedicated his star in the memory of his father, who Springfield said unfortunately passed away just as Springfield's career was taking off.

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FOX Releases 'Gotham' Official Extended Trailer

As expected, FOX has officially picked up Gotham for the 2014-2015 season.

Based upon characters published by DC Entertainment and produced by Warner Bros. Television, Gotham is an origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. Starring Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy) and Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix films, HawthoRNe),

Gotham follows one cop's rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

Watch the newly released official extended trailer below:

Jada Pinkett Smith to Star in FOX's GOTHAM

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Chime for Change

Jada Pinkett Smith (executive producer, THE QUEEN LATIFA SHOW; as an actor: The Matrix films, HawthoRNe, Collateral) has been cast in the series regular role of Fish Mooney in FOX and Warner Bros. Television's one-hour drama project GOTHAM, which has a series commitment at the network.

Character description: A sadistic gangster boss and nightclub owner, Fish Mooney’s got the street smarts and almost extra-sensory abilities to read people like an open book. Imposing and hotheaded, she’s not one to be crossed.

Based upon characters published by DC Comics, GOTHAM is a drama exploring the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous.

Bruno Heller wrote the pilot script and will serve as executive producer. Danny Cannon (the CSI series, Nikita) will direct and executive produce the pilot.

Series regulars cast to date are Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock, Zabryna Guevara as Captain Essen, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth and Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot (aka The Penguin).

FOX's GOTHAM Casts Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock

Donal Logue has been cast as Detective Harvey Bullock in FOX and Warner Bros. Television’s one-hour drama project GOTHAM, which has a series commitment at the network.

Character description: Jim Gordon’s partner and mentor, the rough-around-the-edges Detective Harvey Bullock plays loose with police procedure, but he gets results … and he does it with old-school, forceful panache.

Based upon characters published by DC Comics, GOTHAM is a drama exploring the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous.

Bruno Heller wrote the pilot script and will serve as executive producer. Danny Cannon will direct and executive produce the pilot.

Series regulars cast to date are Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Zabryna Guevara as Captain Essen, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth and Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot (aka The Penguin).

Robin Lord Taylor, Zabryna Guevara, Sean Pertwee & Erin Richards Join Cast of FOX's GOTHAM

Four additional series regular roles have been cast in FOX and Warner Bros. Television’s GOTHAM, which has a series commitment at the network:

· Robin Lord Taylor (Another Earth, Accepted, THE WALKING DEAD) has been cast as Oswald Cobblepot (aka The Penguin). Character description: With the brains of a chess grandmaster and the morals of a jackal, Oswald Cobblepot is a low-level psychopath (for gangster Fish Mooney) who hides his sadistic lust for power behind an exquisitely polite demeanor.