HBO’s The Penguin is now down to its last episode, and a lot of fans have been ecstatic about the Batman spinoff starring a barely recognizable Colin Farrell. We know that the second Caped Crusader film is set to come out in 2026, but director Matt Reeves says that there could be more to this ‘Epic Crime Saga’.
Talking to Andy Serkis for InterviewMagazine, Reeves confirms:
“We have been talking, and it’s exciting because people are now embracing the show. My fantasy is coming into being, which is very exciting, and HBO has been incredibly supportive from the beginning. Now to see that the show is being embraced is really, really exciting. We have been talking about doing other shows. I wanted to make sure that we didn’t do the origin tale, which so many of the other series have done. I think the idea of being able to put a lens on these characters is a really exciting idea.”
Admittedly, The Penguin is only one of several spinoff ideas that were planned, but the others weren’t greenlit. One series was supposed to focus on the cops at Gotham City PD, and another one was meant to focus on the inmates at Arkham Asylum. Reeves continues:
“[The Penguin is] about cities and their dysfunction and the world and its dysfunction, which is what Batman stories are all about. They’re all about Gotham being a place that should be better. And you can have the experience of this almost novelistic epic crime saga, but you also just get these separate experiences. They have their own dramatic value. So Oz’s story is Oz’s story, and the idea is to do these other stories in the same way.”
We don’t know which new villains could be showing up to tackle Battinson soon, but Mr. Freeze is one that fans have been clamoring for. For a while there was a rumor that Clayface was being eyed as a villain, but no official update has been made.
At least we know that Barry Keoghan’s Joker exists in this universe somewhere.
Catch The Penguin Sunday nights on Max.
