Matt Reeves confirms whether or not or not Batman (or Bruce Wayne) will seem within the upcoming Penguin sequence on HBO.
We are going to quickly be thrust again into the Gotham Metropolis underworld with The Penguin, the upcoming HBO sequence starring Colin Farrell because the titular mobster. Nonetheless, the large query has been will Batman make an look within the sequence? In accordance with Matt Reeves, who government produces the sequence, neither Batman nor Bruce Wayne will seem in The Penguin, however they did contemplate it.
“I’m a point-of-view filmmaker,” Reeves advised Whole Movie. “Once I’m doing a Batman story, Batman and Bruce goes to be the principle standpoint. To discover the rogues gallery, they might by no means get the true property we are able to do in a sequence. So Batman is on this [show] solely as a way that he’s a presence. You’re conscious that each one of those occasions started due to the Riddler, however the Riddler doesn’t seem and Batman doesn’t seem.“
Simply in case anybody was nonetheless doubtful, Reeves doubled down. “Rob [Pattinson] is not going to be in the show,” Reeves mentioned. “I’d moderately take the Band-Support off now. We did discuss all that however we felt the easiest way to do that was to go on a grand exploration of a man grabbing for energy on this second.“
Happening after the occasions of The Batman, The Penguin will discover Oswald Cobblepot profiting from the facility vacuum created by the demise of Carmine Falcone. Along with Farrell, the sequence stars Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, daughter of the late Carmine, Rhenzy Feliz as Victor Aguilar, Oswald’s driver, Michael Kelly as Johnny Vity, Falcone household underboss, and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, a rival gangster. Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo, and Theo Rossi additionally star within the sequence.
The Penguin was initially developed by Max, nevertheless it has since moved to HBO alongside a number of different reveals that have been initially introduced for Max. The sequence will debut on HBO on September nineteenth. As for The Batman Half II, we’ve acquired fairly a wait in retailer because the movie has been delayed by a complete yr and can now hit theaters on October 2, 2026.
