In 2022, Matt Reeves’ The Batman changed the reception of Batman to the big screen. Fans of The DC superhero-verse and Batman were expecting spinoffs to build Matt Reeves’ The Batman Universe. Unfortunately, only ‘The Penguin’ was greenlit as ‘Arkham Asylum’ and ‘Gotham PD’ were cancelled.
Director Matt Reeves called his The Batman Universe, “Batman Epic Crime Saga,’ and it will continue with Collin Farrell starring as Oswald Cobblepot in “The Penguin” limited TV Show which will premiere on September 19th on Max.
Matt Reeves reveals The Penguin show begins weeks after The Batman ends and will connect to The Batman 2.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Matt Reeves spoke about how the cinematic universe for The Batman began: “As we were writing the movie [The Batman], I was like, ‘Hey, you know what? I think there are some cool shows that we could do,” he said. “It was actually why I wanted to make our deal at Warner Bros.”
A character that Reeves was planning to explore was Riddler, unfortunately not all spin-offs were greenlit but the stories found a way to thread into The Penguin.
“They were like, ‘We like what you’re doing, and we want to lean harder into the marquee characters,” Reeves said, “what’s interesting is that, in the movie, the big red herring of the story is it seems like the person they’re looking for, that the Riddler’s pointing to must be the Penguin, some kind of informant. This movie creates a power vacuum, and because Penguin is so underestimated, people don’t really see who he is.”
In another universe, Prime Video is exploring the early days of Batman in The Caped Crusader an animated show premiering August 1st.
