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Are the chances well or worse for a second season of HBO ’s The Penguin after the news that " The Batman II " has been labor back to 2027 ?
Earlier this calendar month , we report on a TV conversation thatMatt Reeves(“The Batman Epic Crime Saga " ) had withZoë Kravitz(Blink Twice ) as part ofVariety ’s " Directors on Directors " series . At one stop , the discussion turned to ShowrunnerLauren LeFranc’sColin FarrellandCristin Milioti - starringThe Penguin , HBO ’s hot spinoff from Reeves’The Batmanand prequel to " The Batman II , " and if there would be another season . “And more of these shows ? Everyone ’s freaking out over ' The Penguin , ' " Kravitz inquire Reeves – whose response offer a bit more hope about a 2nd time of year than we ’ve gotten in the yesteryear . " Yeah , we ’re talking to [ showrunner ] Lauren [ LeFranc ] about doing another season . That was a peculiar experience . I just feel really fortunate . These fictional character do n’t belong to me ; they belong to the world . It comes down to whether you may approach them in a way that expresses something personal , " he explained .
Previously , Reeves ( who serve as an executive producer onThe Penguin ) shared that there have been conversation about expanding " The Batman Epic Crime Saga " with extra limited series – though nothing specific regarding a 2nd series go - around for Oz ( Farrell ) and Sofia ( Milioti ) . Farrell has gone on the record say that he would by all odds weigh a return if there was " a large estimation [ for season two ] , and the writing was really hefty and as strong or stronger on the page than it was the firstseason . " And now , we have another interesting ontogenesis that will decidedly have an encroachment on the show ’s futurity – we ’re just not indisputable if it ’s in a good mode or not .
Earlier today , word of honor came down that " The Batman II " had shifted its premiere engagement back one class – from October 2026 to October 2027 . The cause ? " The only reason for the delay is there is n’t a full script ( those of you who follow me here probably bang that already ) . Matt is committed to making the in effect moving picture he possibly can , and no one can accurately guess incisively how long a script will take to write . Once there is a finished handwriting , there is around two geezerhood for pre - output , shot , and post - production on big celluloid , " Gunn write on societal media , confirming that the script was n’t quick for a 2026 debut .
So what do we recollect ? While we respect DC Studios ' decision not to proceed with a picture show or series until scripts are in spot , it ’s a longsighted road between now and October 2027 . Our first thought was that a 2d time of year would be a great " 2nd bridge circuit " to the sequel while maintain the overall enfranchisement in the headlines . On the other script , we ’re not sure just how " hard - wired " the time of year finale was into " The Batman II " – is it too much of a direct lead - in to be able to have something else take place between it and " The Batman II " ? Then again , would it have to be a second time of year ofThe Penguin ? There are a lot of folks who would be interested in seeing Sofia ’s story , start out at the point where we last saw her . Once again , though , there ’s the matter of how much you’re able to do that wo n’t impact the sequel .
The Penguin: How HBO’s Spinoff Series Set Up The Batman II
At the end of " A Great of Little Thing , we see Oz and Eve ( Carmen Ejogo ) celebrating Oz ’s fresh status – but it ’s one that came with a unspeakable Mary Leontyne Price for a lot of family . For Sofia , it was a fortune worse than death : arrested and returned to Arkham State Hospital . But when Oz heads over to see his mom with Vic ( Rhenzy Feliz ) to share the safe newsworthiness – and to search her blessing – he learns that Francis Francis ( Deirdre O’Connell ) suffered a major stroke , leave her in a vegetative state but with her eye candid . Believing that family attain him weak after a centre - to - heart with Vic , Oz murders his right - hand military man , pretend the crime look like a slaying before walk off ( with a whole short ton of symbolism in that scene where Oz fling Vic ’s ID into the river ) .
But some very interesting threads remain . Though back in Arkham , Sofia looks like under the caution of a pass Dr. Rush ( Theo Rossi ) , who partake in with Sofia a alphabetic character from her half - sister – Selina Kyle ( Kravitz ’s Catwoman inThe Batman ) , who ’s looking to connect . Meanwhile , with his female parent being cared for in his private residence on another floor , Oz plays out some serious mamma issues while dancing with Eve ( even have got her clothes like his mother ) , speaking to her and asking her to speak to him like he wanted Francis to – that she loves him and is proud of him . But just when Oz is at his moment surefooted , a very familiar Bat Signal light up the sky . It expect like someone has get the tending ofRobert Pattinson ’s Batman .
" That ’s something that we figure out early on on . It feel like an graceful handoff to the motion picture , " LeFranc share withDeadline Hollywood . " That was always a conversation that Matt Reeves and I had . Should Batman be in our show or not ? I acknowledge it became sort of a controversial thing to say that he should n’t , but it really just felt like it was take away from our characters . Batman call for up a lot of outer space . So , in that regard , it just did n’t feel appropriate for the characters in our show . If Oz has now reach a level of major power where Batman is noticing him , that ’s really what we wanted to intend in the end . "
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