.In a recent interview, The Batman supervisor Matt Reeves detailed how close he involved sending an incident of The Penguin, a sequel series starring Colin Farrell. Although he was actually profoundly associated with the show's growth, organizing contravene The Batman follow up forced him to step away from instructing. Collider stated this during the course of an interview with Reeves." The thing is actually that I actually desired to," Reeves stated, describing that his very early talks along with Farrell made it appear possible. Nonetheless, because of post-production work with The Batman and also manuscript tasks for The Batman Component II, he was not able to devote to driving an episode. "There was a point where we realized ... I truly couldn't be actually likewise directing." Although he could not guide this time, Reeves failed to rule out potential involvement. "If [a] timetable ever before happened ... I believe it would certainly be actually fun," he said, noting his enthusiasm to continue teaming up with Farrell on The Batman Component II.Reeves, that is an executive manufacturer on The Penguin, also recently affirmed that Robert Pattinson's Batman and Paul Dano's Riddler will definitely not show up in the show. "Rob is actually certainly not heading to be in the program," Reeves said to Complete Movie. the collection 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 took note, "When I am actually performing a Batman story, Batman and also Bruce is actually mosting likely to be the main point of perspective." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 and also features a cast including Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, as well as Clancy Brown. The series, explained through Farrell as "truly black" and also "astonishingly intense," remains to grow the Gotham universe. You may look at GameSpot's testimonial right here. The Batman Part II is actually assumed in 2026.