The Penguin Season 2: Matt Reeves is Starting Negotiations For A Second Season
After the end of the airing of the episodes, fans are wondering if it will ever be The Penguin Season 2, a new season of the series born after the success of the film The Batman. Director Matt Reeves is now updating the viewers on the possible continuation of Oswald Cobblepot’s story in a new interview with Variety. The director Matt Reeves confirmed that the planning of the second season of The Penguin is already underway in a new interview with Variety published on Wednesday. Reeves is Zoë Kravitz they sat with the headboard to talk, among other things, about the sequel to The Batman. Reeves has confirmed that negotiations are underway, but the realization of another season is still far from being guaranteed.
When asked about The Batman – Part II, Reeves said: “We are finishing the script. We will shoot next year”. Kravitz intervened to ask for other television spinoffs, underlining how popular and successful The Penguin was. Reeves replied: “Yes, we are talking to showrunner Lauren LeFranc to do another season. It was a special experience. I feel really lucky. These characters do not belong to me but to the world. It’s about figuring out if you can deal with them in a way that expresses something personal”.
The Penguin Season 2: Matt Reeves is Starting Negotiations For A Second Season
The Penguin was originally conceived as a miniseries for HBO, in the wake of the success of The Batman by Reeves in 2022. The film enhanced the appearance of the world’s “greatest detective” Batman (Robert Pattinson), which made it appropriate to explore street crime and corruption more in its history, including its wealthy opponent Oswald Cobb, alias “The Penguin“. Interpreted by Colin Farrell, this version of Oz played a small role in the film but was made up for the 8-episode series.
The showrunner of the series, Lauren LeFranc however, left a door open to the future of The Penguin, declaring at The Direct: “We have given everything this season. To do a second season, we should feel that we can overcome what has already been done. I believe there are still aspects to be explored about these characters, however terrible they are”.
On the television future of The Batman and his characters, Reeves recently mentioned a possible series of individual protagonists between one film and another, always conceived as self-conclusive stories. In an interview, Reeves explained: “We talked about doing other series… you can have an epic and romantic experience in this criminal saga but with independent stories. Oz’s story is Oz’s, and any other stories would also have the same approach”.
What the Series Tells
The Penguin series tells what happens after the death of criminal boss Carmine Falcone, when Oswald Cobblepot, played by Colin Farrell, tries to take control of the crime world in Gotham. Among the performers of the episodes, aired in Italy on Sky and streaming on NOW, there are also Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Zecone Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo) and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush). The series is based on the characters created for DC by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and is produced by Reeves’ 6th Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, which has an exclusive agreement with Reeves and his 6th Idaho.
