The Batman 2 Director Matt Reeves Confirms Colin Farrell Will Return as The Penguin

Whereas we do not know a lot about Matt Reeves’ The Batman – Half II, the director did verify at San Diego Comedian-Con that Colin Farrell will return as The Penguin.

Talking at SDCC’s The Penguin panel, Reeves shared that taking pictures for The Batman – Half II will start subsequent yr and that they should have Farrell’s character in a “sure place for that.” We already knew The Penguin would lead into the occasions of The Batman – Half II, however that is the primary time Farrell was 100% confirmed to make it out into the occasions of the sequel.

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Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell is #ThePenguin within the new @HBO Unique Restricted Sequence, premiering September 19 on Max. pic.twitter.com/vVp5mgleng

— Max (@StreamOnMax) July 28, 2024

The Penguin kicks off only a week after the occasions of The Batman, and SDCC gave us a brand new take a look at the harmful world of Gotham and the drug battle that’s tearing up its streets. Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone aka The Hangman additionally took heart stage and confirmed off that she would be the most harmful character of all of them.

The Penguin will run for eight episodes and can make its debut on Max on September 19, 2024. As for the place this sequence sits on this planet of DC, it lives outdoors of the brand new DCU and exists in Matt Reeves’ personal ‘Batman Epic Crime Saga.”

The Batman – Half II is about to be launched in theaters on October 2, 2026, and would be the second a part of a trilogy starring Robert Pattinson’s Darkish Knight. Alongside this trilogy, DC followers even have the DCU’s personal Batman movie – The Courageous and the Daring – to sit up for sooner or later.

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