One of the first questions that you might have asked about Colin Farrell‘s new spinoff show The Penguin is if Batman will be in it.
The Max series is set in the world of Robert Pattinson‘s The Batman and focuses in on Colin’s character Oz Cobblepot.
Will the infamous Caped Crusader swing in to save the day at any point during the show, which premieres in September?
Keep reading to find out more…
Showrunner Lauren LeFranc confirmed that Robert would not be appearing onscreen.
“I understand why people’s desire would be to have Batman, or to think that unless Batman’s in a show or a film then it doesn’t have the same punch,” he told SFX. “To me I think it packs a different punch. Matt [Reeves, The Batman director]’s films are through the lens of the Batman, so you’re high up, looking down on the city. It’s a different perspective.”
She continued, saying, “With Oz, you’re in the city streets, you’re in the grit and the muck and the grime. He’s looking up, wanting to claw his way to the top.”
Matt said that the series won’t “feel like it’s missing something fundamental” even though Batman isn’t there.
“I feel like it’s an extension of what is fundamentally there. We know this is the world of Batman,” he explained. “You’re going down a different alley. So the spectre of Batman is there. The spectre of the Riddler is there. The spectre of everything that happens in the last movie is there. It informs it. And it’s exactly where we begin.”
The Penguin premieres on Max on September 19 – check out the trailer!
Find out what we know about the sequel to The Batman, too.
