.In a current interview, The Batman director Matt Reeves described how close he involved directing an incident of The Penguin, a spin-off set starring Colin Farrell. Although he was deeply involved in the show's development, scheduling contravene The Batman follow up obliged him to step away from instructing. Collider mentioned this throughout an interview with Reeves." The thing is actually that I definitely desired to," Reeves stated, explaining that his very early discussions along with Farrell made it appear feasible. Nevertheless, because of post-production focus on The Batman and manuscript duties for The Batman Component II, he was not able to commit to guiding an incident. "There was actually a point where our team discovered ... I definitely couldn't be likewise directing." Although he could not guide this moment, Reeves really did not rule out future participation. "If [a] schedule ever before presented itself ... I presume it would certainly be actually definitely exciting," he said, noting his pleasure to continue dealing with Farrell on The Batman Component II.Reeves, that is actually an exec producer on The Penguin, also earlier affirmed that Robert Pattinson's Batman as well as Paul Dano's Riddler will certainly not appear in the program. "Rob is actually not mosting likely to reside in the program," Reeves informed Total Movie. the set will concentrate on Farrell's personality's rise to electrical power. While Batman's existence is felt in the results of the 2022 movie, Reeves noted, "When I am actually performing a Batman story, Batman and also Bruce is visiting be the bottom line of view." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 as well as features a hue featuring Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, and Clancy Brown. The collection, explained through Farrell as "really black" as well as "unbelievably terrible," continues to grow the Gotham world. You can easily browse through GameSpot's evaluation below. The Batman Part II is expected in 2026.