Matt Reeves’s Penguin Series Will Be Closely Connected With The Batman 2 – Looper

It looks like Matt Reeves will take a page out of Marvel Studios’ book, telling his “Batman” story across film and television. Speaking to Collider, the director of “The Batman” revealed that the upcoming HBO Max series focusing on Colin Farrell’s Penguin will directly set up the sequel, saying, “There’s actually a whole little fabric of things we’re wanting to do, the way we’re doing with [the] Penguin and how that comes back into how that will lead into the sequel, and what that sequel is going to be.”

While Reeves is keeping plot details under wraps, we know that the HBO Max series will focus on Penguin taking advantage of Gotham’s vulnerability during his rise to power. In “The Batman,” Penguin (Farrell) was the right-hand man of Carmine Falcone (John Turturro). By the movie’s end, Falcone is dead, and The Riddler’s plans have destroyed the city, setting up the opportunity for Penguin to swoop in and take control.

In an interview with Variety, Farrell expressed his excitement to return to Gotham, saying his performance in “The Batman” was “just the tip of the iceberg.” He praised the film’s makeup department for their incredible work transforming him into Oswald Cobblepot, and he can’t wait to further explore the character on HBO Max.