Whereas followers can look ahead to Colin Farrell reprising his villainous Oswald Cobblepot function in The Penguin, they need to not count on to see Robert Pattinson’s Batman.

The HBO sequence is a spin-off of the 2022 film The Batman, nevertheless, it facilities on Farrell’s character making an attempt to grab the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

“I perceive why individuals’s want could be to have Batman, or to suppose that until Batman’s in a present or a movie then it doesn’t have the identical punch,” showrunner Lauren LeFranc not too long ago defined to SFX journal. “To me I believe it packs a distinct punch. Matt’s movies are by the lens of the Batman, so that you’re excessive up, wanting down on the town. It’s a distinct perspective. With Oz, you’re within the metropolis streets, you’re within the grit and the muck and the grime. He’s wanting up, desirous to claw his solution to the highest.”

LeFranc additionally described The Penguin as a “completely different expertise,” including, “I believe Gotham is an attention-grabbing sufficient metropolis that it deserves to have extra doorways unlocked inside it, and for us to stroll by these and see what we expect.”

Reeves, who served as an govt producer on the brand new sequence, additionally tried to ease followers’ fears, saying he doesn’t “really feel prefer it’s lacking one thing elementary.”

“I really feel prefer it’s an extension of what’s basically there. We all know that is the world of Batman,” the filmmaker added. “You’re happening a distinct alley. 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’s precisely the place we start.”  

The Penguin is about to premiere on HBO and Max on Sept. 19. Reeves can also be engaged on The Batman sequel, due out in 2026.