.In a current job interview, The Batman director Matt Reeves detailed just how close he pertained to sending an incident of The Penguin, a spin-off series starring Colin Farrell. Although he was greatly associated with the program's progression, organizing conflicts with The Batman follow up pushed him to step out of directing. Collider stated this throughout an interview with Reeves." The important things is that I truly desired to," Reeves claimed, explaining that his very early discussions with Farrell created it seem to be possible. Nevertheless, because of post-production work with The Batman and also text obligations for The Batman Part II, he was unable to dedicate to guiding an episode. "There was actually a point where our experts realized ... I definitely could not be likewise routing." Although he couldn't drive this time around, Reeves didn't dismiss future involvement. "If [a] schedule ever before presented itself ... I think it would be definitely exciting," he claimed, noting his pleasure to continue dealing with Farrell on The Batman Part II.Reeves, that is actually an exec developer on The Penguin, additionally previously verified that Robert Pattinson's Batman and Paul Dano's Riddler will not appear in the show. "Rob is certainly not heading to remain in the series," Reeves informed Complete Film. the set will definitely focus on Farrell's character's cheer energy. While Batman's visibility is actually really felt in the after-effects of the 2022 movie, Reeves kept in mind, "When I am actually doing a Batman tale, Batman and Bruce is actually mosting likely to be actually the main point of scenery." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 and also features a hue consisting of Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, and also Clancy Brown. The collection, defined by Farrell as "really dark" and also "astonishingly intense," remains to broaden the Gotham universe. You can easily check out GameSpot's review here. The Batman Component II is expected in 2026.