Following The BatmanFollowing the huge success of the theatrical production, director Matt Reeves announced that a number of small screen spin-offs were in the works, including The Penguina Gotham PD series and a project focused on the infamous Arkham Asylum.

Only one of them ended up moving forward (The Penguin season finale airs next week), but executive producer Dylan Clark recently indicated that preliminary plans were in place for another show set in “The Batman Epic Crime Saga,” and Reeves has now confirmed that Other shows were under discussion.

Andy Serkis (Alfred) asked Reeves if a second season of The Penguin is on the cards or if he plans to take us “into Gotham through another lens” while speaking to the filmmaker for InterviewMagazine.com.

“We talked, and it’s exciting because people are now buying into the show. My fantasy is being born, which is very exciting, and HBO has been incredibly supportive from the beginning. Now to see that the series is adopted is really, really exciting. We talked about doing other shows. I wanted to make sure that we didn’t do the origin story, which I think a lot of other shows have done. to be able to put a purpose on it. these characters are a really exciting idea. It’s about cities and their dysfunction and the world and its dysfunction, which is what Batman stories are about. a place that should be better and you can have this experience of this epic almost novelistic detective saga, but you also get these distinct experiences so they have their own dramatic value. Oz, and the idea is to do these other stories the same way.

Reeves hasn’t mentioned any specific characters, but he has previously hinted that a legal drama centering on Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, could be a possibility.

Reeves also spoke about the freedom to create The Penguin a little more adult oriented after being “handcuffed” to some extent while working on The Batman.

“It’s interesting because in a Batman movie, there are enormous resources, so we’re able to do some pretty big things, but we’re handcuffed in other ways. When we were dealing with the ratings board, they We were told, ‘You I have to take this and that away, but with HBO, those handcuffs were removed. It gave us the opportunity to really be forward with the character, even in the same way that Oz can be so. delightfully profane. Now that we’re working on the film, he can’t be so free with the profanity. There’s a wonderful tone to the way Colin does it, so we have to find the right balance.

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The Penguin Starring Colin Farrell (Oz Cobb), Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni) ). ), James Madio (Milos Grapa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo) and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush).

DC Studios’ eight-episode drama series continues The Batman Epic crime saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves began with Warner Bros.’ global blockbuster. Pictures, The Batman, and focuses on the character played by Farrell in the film.

The series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro. Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane along with Bill Finger, the show is produced by Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho reached an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.