.In a current interview, The Batman director Matt Reeves described how close he related to directing an episode of The Penguin, a sequel series starring Colin Farrell. Although he was heavily involved in the series's advancement, scheduling conflicts with The Batman follow up forced him to tip far from directing. Collider disclosed this during a meeting along with Reeves." The many things is actually that I truly intended to," Reeves mentioned, discussing that his early chats along with Farrell created it seem possible. However, as a result of post-production deal with The Batman as well as text duties for The Batman Component II, he was incapable to devote to routing an episode. "There was actually a factor where we recognized ... I truly could not be additionally pointing." Although he couldn't point this time around, Reeves failed to dismiss future engagement. "If [a] timetable ever before happened ... I think it would be actually truly exciting," he stated, noting his pleasure to proceed dealing with Farrell on The Batman Part II.Reeves, who is actually a manager developer on The Penguin, additionally formerly affirmed that Robert Pattinson's Batman and also Paul Dano's Riddler will definitely certainly not seem in the program. "Rob is actually not mosting likely to reside in the series," Reeves informed Complete Movie. the collection is going to pay attention to Farrell's personality's rise to electrical power. While Batman's visibility is experienced in the upshot of the 2022 film, Reeves took note, "When I'm doing a Batman tale, Batman as well as Bruce is actually mosting likely to be actually the main point of sight." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 and includes a hue consisting of Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, and also Clancy Brown. The collection, defined through Farrell as "truly black" as well as "unbelievably terrible," remains to increase the Gotham cosmos. You can easily look into GameSpot's evaluation below. The Batman Component II is actually expected in 2026.