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Colin Farrell impressed millions of fans and critics alike with his performance as Oz Cobb inThe Penguin. The Max series saw the aftermath of the events ofThe Batmanand Cobb’s rise in the criminal underbelly of Gotham City. It is set to be a connecting link to Matt Reeves’ upcomingThe Batman: Part II.
While not a part of James Gunn’s DCU, which will also have a Batman, Matt Reeves seems to be expanding his Batverse with new shows and films. Reeves specifically spoke about focusing on Batman’s Rogues Gallery and is rumored to be developing a series with Barry Keoghan’s Joker.
A New Joker Series With Barry Keoghan Is Rumored To Be In Development AfterThe Penguin
Matt Reeves’The Penguinhas been receiving rave reviews, withColin Farrell’sincredible performance as Oz Cobb receiving positive acclaim. The series explores Cobb’s rise in power in the criminal ranks of Gotham after the events ofThe Batman, with the city grappling with the floods caused by the Riddler.
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The show became surprisingly popular and has now reportedly led to Reeves getting the chance to expand his ‘Batverse’. The filmmaker was previously developing a series based on the Gotham Police Department but now it looks like he would be focusing on Batman’s impressive Rogues Gallery (viaVariety).
After his cameo inThe Batman,Barry Keoghanis reportedly in talks with the studio to reprise his role as the Joker in a new series. According to theMarvelvisionpodcast,
Apparently, Warner Bros. has been chatting with Barry Keoghan about his return to ‘The Batman’ franchise, and my understanding is that — I don’t know if he’s in [‘The Batman: Part II’] or not, but he’s the main villain of [‘The Batman: Part III’]. And the reason why they’re having a real talk about it is because the plan is to do a Joker-oriented series that connects ‘II’ and ‘III’ the way that ‘The Penguin’ connects [‘The Batman’] and [‘The Batman: Part II’].
While it was not confirmed whether Keoghan would be playing the role in a series centered around the Joker or if he would just appear in this mystery show.
Colin Farrell’sThe PenguinIs Just The Start Of A New Batverse With More Villain-Centric Stories
The one thing that setMatt Reeves’The Batmanapart from other Batman films was its focus on non-traditional villains in Batman’s Rogues Gallery. While the Joker is his most popular adversary, Batman has had more antagonists with incredible stories like the Riddler, the Penguin, and more.
Reeves reportedly wanted to expand on Gotham City through its villains, who would otherwise not get as screentime in a film dominated by Batman. He also mentioned in an interview withAndy Serkisthat he found that a lot of these characters became villains as a reaction to Batman and, hence, wanted to explore them through that lens.
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He told Andy Serkis that he had been having conversations with HBO and the studio about developing new shows on the same veins asThe Penguin. He said,
We have been talking, and it’s exciting because people are now embracing the show…I wanted to make sure that we didn’t do the origin tale, which so many of the other series have done. I think the idea of being able to put a lens on these characters is a really exciting idea. It’s about cities and their dysfunction and the world and its dysfunction, which is what Batman stories are all about.
He also mentioned that they would be stories that would be told from the perspective of the villains whileThe Batmanfilms would be completely focused on the Caped Crusader.
The Penguinis currently streaming on Max.
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
