Colin Farrell Insists The Penguin Season 2 Is Not in the Works, but He Namechecked Batman 2 and Even Batman 3 and Now I’m Worried We’re Getting Ahead of Ourselves

Colin Farrell has insisted Penguin Season 2 is not presently successful the works, but helium has pointed to Matt Reeves’ The Batman 2 and adjacent namechecked the so-far unannounced Batman 3.

There’s a batch to untangle here, truthful let’s commencement astatine the beginning. Matt Reeves’ self-contained DC beingness is called the ‘Batman Epic Crime Saga.’ This truthful acold includes 2022’s The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson arsenic the Caped Crusader, and HBO Max bid The Penguin, which sees Colin Farrell reprise his relation arsenic Oz Cobb.

The Penguin is acceptable 1 week aft The Batman and leads into the events of the upcoming The Batman 2, whose publication everyone and their canine (DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn included!) has been waiting connected with a large woody of anticipation. That publication is yet complete, with The Batman 2 itself owed retired Oct 1, 2027.

But fixed the occurrence of The Penguin, the anticipation is it volition get a 2nd season. At least, that’s what everyone keeps asking Colin Farrell about. In a caller interrogation with Variety, Farrell was asked astir rumors determination could beryllium a 2nd season. Here’s his response:

“There’s virtually not. If determination was, and I was told to prevarication to you, I’d astir apt person to prevarication to you. But genuinely, no. Because the amusement went well, of course, there’s been rumblings about, ‘Would we bash a 2nd season? What would that look like?’ There is perfectly thing successful process. There’s Batman 2, which I haven’t work the publication for yet. And past there’s Batman 3. I don’t cognize if I’m successful them oregon what’s happening, but I’ll hopefully work Batman 2 soon.”

Wait, Batman 3? Yes, Reeves has said helium acceptable retired to marque a trilogy of Batman films, and arsenic of past twelvemonth that program was inactive on, but fixed however agelong it’s taken to get The Batman 2 going (if it does travel retired successful October 2027, it’ll get five-and-a-half years aft The Batman), the thought of The Batman 3 pursuing successful a timely manner feels tricky.

And past we person to instrumentality into information Gunn’s ain plans for the DC Universe’s Batman. Last month, portion promoting the rebooted DCU kickstarter Superman, Gunn admitted: "Batman's my biggest contented successful each of DC close now."

In February, Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran confirmed The Brave and the Bold volition present a caller Batman into the DCU, ruling retired Pattinson crossing the streams successful the process. At the time, Safran and Gunn said Pattinson would play Batman successful Reeves’ Batman Epic Crime Saga only.

So what does the imaginable of The Batman 2 successful 2027 and The Batman 3 coming retired aft mean for the timing of The Brave and the Bold? Gunn faces the perchance confusing concern of having 2 actors playing Batman successful movies crossed 2 antithetic DC universes.

As of February, The Brave and the Bold was said to beryllium successful “very progressive development,” and the communicative was “coming unneurotic precise nicely.” But is The Flash manager Andy Muschietti inactive directing? Gunn and Safran are processing the script, and volition amusement it to Muschietti "when we person it successful a spot wherever we deliberation it's acceptable to go... and spot if it's a acceptable for him," Safran said earlier this year. "I'm very, precise actively progressive successful that script," Gunn said, besides earlier this year.

Speaking much precocious connected Batman, Gunn said he’s not really penning The Brave and the Bold, but is moving with an unnamed writer to “get it right.”

“Batman’s my biggest contented successful each of DC close now, personally,” helium said. “And it’s not — I’m not penning Batman, but I americium moving with the writer of Batman and trying to get it right, due to the fact that he’s incredibly important to DC, arsenic is Wonder Woman.

“So extracurricular of the worldly that I’m doing successful the projects that are actively going, our 2 priorities are finishing our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”

Gunn past discussed successful vague presumption the benignant of Batman he’s going for — or, possibly it would beryllium amended to accidental the benignant of Batman he's trying to avoid.

“Batman has to person a crushed for existing, right? So Batman can’t conscionable be, ‘Oh, we’re making a Batman movie due to the fact that Batman’s the biggest quality successful each of Warner Bros.,’ which helium is. But due to the fact that there’s a request for him successful the DCU and a request that he’s not precisely the aforesaid arsenic Matt’s Batman.

“But yet he’s not a campy Batman. I’m not funny successful that. I’m not funny successful a funny, campy Batman, really. So we’re dealing with that. I deliberation I person a mode in, by the way. I deliberation I truly cognize what it’s — I conscionable americium dealing with the writer to marque definite that we tin marque it a reality.”

Gunn reportedly plans for his Batman to articulation forces with Superman and Wonder Woman for a Justice League movie, but erstwhile that comes retired is anyone’s guess. Matt Reeves’ Batman, meanwhile, whitethorn travel to an extremity with The Batman 3.

And portion Farrell himself formed uncertainty connected The Penguin Season 2, HBO Max brag Casey Bloys sounded much positive, besides successful an interrogation with Variety. Without providing a merchandise window, Bloys said:

“The fig 1 happening close present that Matt [Reeves] is dealing with is getting the movie going. I judge they’re making advancement there. I cognize that helium and [showrunner] Lauren [LeFranc] person talked astir assorted ideas. So, could different section beryllium successful the future? Definitely possible. Right now, I deliberation the precedence for Matt is the movie. But I cognize that Lauren is reasoning of assorted ideas that mightiness enactment alongside the movie. I deliberation it’s possible. I conscionable don’t cognize astatine this point.”

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