That’s probably how Colin Farrell looked when he realized that he had to sit in the mask for three hours every day for The Penguin. Image source: HBO Max.
The Penguin Season 1 has ended and fans are rightly wondering if there will be a sequel. And then there’s the potential reunion with Oz Cobb in The Batman 2. What about that? We have a bad one and two very good news for you.
Season 2 is under discussion
A second season of The Penguin has not yet been confirmed and was never planned. However, we can reassure you a little, because the signs for a sequel are currently excellent.
The gangster series is actually only designed for a single season and is therefore officially over. As I said, actually
. Because like The Batman director Matt Reeves confirmed todayinitial discussions about Season 2 are already underway with the US broadcaster HBO.
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Via The Direct However, showrunner Lauren LeFranc revealed that a potential sequel and other projects in the Batman universe are tied to one important condition for him:
I mean, we’ve all considered it. I think that in order to do a second season, we have to feel like we can outdo ourselves. We need to feel like there’s something there that we can really dig into. (…) I think Gotham City is a fun sandbox to play in and I would love to continue playing in it, however it should be the right thing to do. We should never do things just for the sake of doing them.
The success of The Penguin will also play a role in its return. The first episode was appealing 16 million people in front of the screen1.9 million of them on the evening of the first broadcast. Also on Rotten Tomatoes The series was convincing. It achieved a score of over 90 percent from both critics and viewers.
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As Deadline reportedPenguin actor Colin Farrell would be ready for a sequel, even if the filming process of the first season was hell for him due to the elaborate mask. However, the positive feedback from fans persuaded the Irish actor to agree to a potential further season.
The Penguin returns for The Batman 2
When Farrell was chosen for his role as Oz Cobb, he signed on for three films. Whether he would actually star in The Batman 2 was irrelevant. So the actor didn’t know until recently whether he would be part of the sequel.
That has now changed and The gang star boss will officially return for The Batman sequel. However, he has not seen the script yet.
Fans of the series can also be happy that The last episode of the first season is supposed to be the starting point for The Batman 2. So the chances are good that Oz Cobb will play a significant role.
When will The Batman 2 be released? The film is scheduled to be released in Europey 1 October 2026 show in the cinema. Production is scheduled to begin next year.
Jonah Hill was originally supposed to play the role of Penguin in The Batman. Many of you probably know him as teenager Seth in the cult comedy Superbad or as stock broker Donnie Azoff in the biopic The Wolf of Wall Street.
