.In a latest meeting, The Batman director Matt Reeves discussed exactly how close he came to sending an episode of The Penguin, a sequel collection starring Colin Farrell. Although he was heavily involved in the program's growth, booking contravene The Batman follow up pushed him to step off of directing. Collider disclosed this during a meeting along with Reeves." The important things is that I definitely intended to," Reeves pointed out, clarifying that his very early talks with Farrell made it seem to be achievable. Nevertheless, as a result of post-production deal with The Batman and manuscript tasks for The Batman Part II, he was incapable to commit to directing an incident. "There was actually a point where our company recognized ... I truly couldn't be additionally guiding." Although he couldn't route this time around, Reeves didn't dismiss future participation. "If [a] timetable ever before occurred ... I think it would certainly be actually actually exciting," he mentioned, noting his exhilaration to continue working with Farrell on The Batman Component II.Reeves, who is actually a manager developer on The Penguin, additionally recently validated that Robert Pattinson's Batman as well as Paul Dano's Riddler are going to not seem in the series. "Rob is actually not visiting be in the series," Reeves said to Complete Film. the series will pay attention to Farrell's character's cheer electrical power. While Batman's existence is experienced in the consequences of the 2022 movie, Reeves took note, "When I am actually performing a Batman account, Batman and also Bruce is mosting likely to be actually the bottom line of sight." The Penguin debuts on HBO Maximum on September 19 as well as features a hue including Michael Kelly, Cristin Milioti, as well as Clancy Brown. The series, illustrated by Farrell as "definitely dark" as well as "astonishingly fierce," remains to increase the Gotham world. You may look at GameSpot's assessment right here. The Batman Component II is anticipated in 2026.