Director Matt Reeves reveals The Penguin will set up the events of The Batman sequel

While multiple DC projects were axed amid reorganizing of the entire DC Universe, it has now been confirmed by the director himself that The Batman spin-off series The Penguin is still under development among other projects.

As DC Studios’ co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran are still reorganizing the entire DC Universe, the new spin-off project starring Colin Farrell is still in full throttle. According to Collider, Reeves offered new details on the HBO Max miniseries and revealed how it will be essential in laying the foundation for The Batman sequel.

“There's actually a whole little fabric of things we're wanting to do, the way we're doing with [the] Penguin and how that comes back into how that will lead into the sequel, and what that sequel is going to be.” The director also teased when the production will take place saying, “We are very, very soon going to start shooting The Penguin with Colin. That is super exciting.”

Previously Colin Farrell shared with the outlet how excited he is about series saying, " I read the first episode, which is just so tasty and so unusual as the character was on the page and what Matt Reeves kind of envisioned when he was thinking of this iteration of the bang up of Oz. So yeah, it’ll be, I think six or eight hours."

Reeves also spoke about the other projects he is currently developing. “There are some other things we have planned too. [...] The BatVerse of what we're doing has me very, very excited, and I'm very passionate about it. So I'm excited,” he shared. Last year, it was reported that Reeves is also developing a series focused on Arkham Asylum and the Gotham City Police Department.

In addition to Colin Farrell, The Penguin will reportedly also star Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, daughter of Carmine Falcone. Meanwhile, no release date has been set for The Penguin or The Batman sequel.

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