.In a current job interview, The Batman director Matt Reeves discussed exactly how close he involved sending an episode of The Penguin, a spin-off series starring Colin Farrell. Although he was actually deeply associated with the program's advancement, scheduling contravene The Batman follow up obliged him to step far from instructing. Collider disclosed this during a meeting along with Reeves." The many things is actually that I truly desired to," Reeves pointed out, detailing that his very early conversations with Farrell made it appear achievable. Nevertheless, because of post-production work with The Batman and manuscript roles for The Batman Component II, he was actually unable to dedicate to guiding an incident. "There was actually a point where our experts realized ... I definitely couldn't be actually additionally routing." Although he couldn't route this time around, Reeves really did not dismiss potential engagement. "If [a] timetable ever occurred ... I presume it would certainly be actually actually exciting," he said, noting his pleasure to continue partnering with Farrell on The Batman Component II.Reeves, that is an executive producer on The Penguin, also earlier validated that Robert Pattinson's Batman and also Paul Dano's Riddler will definitely certainly not seem in the show. "Rob is not visiting reside in the series," Reeves informed Total Movie. the set will certainly concentrate on Farrell's personality's rise to power. While Batman's visibility is really felt in the results of the 2022 film, Reeves noted, "When I am actually performing a Batman tale, Batman and also Bruce is going to be actually the bottom line of view." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 and features a hue consisting of Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, and Clancy Brown. The series, defined through Farrell as "definitely black" as well as "very terrible," remains to grow the Gotham universe. You may look at GameSpot's assessment here. The Batman Part II is actually anticipated in 2026.