‘The Penguin’ creators affirm there might be no Batman cameo

Make no mistake: Max’s upcoming collection The Penguin, a spin-off of the 2022 film The Batman, is the story of the titular character, who’s as soon as once more performed by Colin Farrell. It is the story of Oswald Cobblepot, not Bruce Wayne.

There might be no Batman cameo, The Penguin creators have confirmed.

“I do not really feel prefer it’s lacking one thing elementary,” Matt Reeves, who directed The Batman and is government producing the brand new collection, stated in a brand new interview with SFX journal. “I really feel prefer it’s an extension of what’s basically there. We all know that is the world of Batman.”

However with the villainous character within the lead, it isn’t precisely the identical both. (Watch the trailer beneath.)

“You are happening a special alley,” Reeves stated. “So the spectre of Batman is there. The spectre of the Riddler is there. The spectre of every thing that occurs within the final film is there. It informs it. And it is precisely the place we start.”

Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Reeves’ moody superhero movie and its extremely anticipated sequel The Batman Half II, due for launch on Oct. 2, 2026.

The Penguin head author and showrunner Lauren LeFranc stated she understands that folks would wish to have Batman.

“To me I believe it packs a special punch,” she informed the journal. “Matt’s movies are by means of the lens of the Batman, so that you’re excessive up, trying down on the town. It is a completely different perspective. With Oz, you are within the metropolis streets, you are within the grit and the muck and the grime. He is trying up, desirous to claw his strategy to the highest.”

Reeves and his producing companion on the film, Dylan Clark, have envisioned a universe of flicks and reveals spun off from the movie, starting with a 2026 sequel to The Batman.

Final month, Farrell informed EW that he was excited to delve into the individuals, locations, and occasions that formed his darkish character through a TV collection.

“I cherished doing the half within the Batman movie and the concept we might get spoiled by having eight hours to actually delve into this character’s psychology and backstory,” Farrell stated. “Backstory performs an enormous half within the tv present.”

The Penguin premieres in September on HBO and Max.

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