.In a recent meeting, The Batman director Matt Reeves clarified just how close he related to sending an episode of The Penguin, a sequel series starring Colin Farrell. Although he was greatly involved in the program's growth, booking contravene The Batman follow up pushed him to tip off of instructing. Collider reported this during a meeting with Reeves." The thing is that I truly wished to," Reeves claimed, revealing that his early chats with Farrell created it seem to be feasible. However, as a result of post-production focus on The Batman and also text responsibilities for The Batman Part II, he was not able to commit to driving an incident. "There was actually a point where our experts discovered ... I actually couldn't be actually additionally driving." Although he couldn't guide this moment, Reeves failed to dismiss future engagement. "If [a] timetable ever happened ... I assume it would certainly be really exciting," he pointed out, noting his pleasure to carry on collaborating with Farrell on The Batman Component II.Reeves, who is actually a manager producer on The Penguin, also formerly confirmed that Robert Pattinson's Batman and Paul Dano's Riddler are going to certainly not appear in the program. "Rob is actually not visiting be in the series," Reeves said to Complete Movie. the set is going to pay attention to Farrell's character's cheer power. While Batman's existence is actually experienced in the results of the 2022 movie, Reeves noted, "When I'm carrying out a Batman tale, Batman and Bruce is going to be the main point of viewpoint." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 as well as features a cast featuring Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, as well as Clancy Brown. The collection, explained by Farrell as "definitely darker" as well as "unbelievably terrible," continues to grow the Gotham universe. You can look at GameSpot's assessment here. The Batman Part II is actually assumed in 2026.