HBO’s The Penguin was initially meant as a restricted collection—a by-product from Matt Reeves’ The Batman that explores how Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobb spends his time between the primary movie and the upcoming The Batman Half II, which is at the moment slated to come back out on October 1, 2027.

That’s years away, and despite the fact that Reeves has expressed curiosity in a second season of The Penguin, showrunner Lauren LeFranc advised The Hollywood Reporter that “there’s no present standing replace” about extra episodes.

She added, “I believe Matt [Reeves] simply turned in his script [for The Batman Part II], so I’m excited to learn that quickly and see what comes of that—if there’s something there that deserves a second season [of The Penguin] or not. I believe we’ve stated this earlier than, however I really imply it: Now we have to really feel assured we will high ourselves, and that’s one thing that’s actually vital to Colin Farrell and me, particularly; in any other case, we don’t need to do one thing once more if it’s not going to be glorious. We have been at all times meant to be a restricted collection. So, pivoting to a second season is simply completely different—it’s not one thing we ever actually talked about.”

LeFranc additionally answered one more a query on why Robert Pattinson’s Batman didn’t present up within the first season, a query that should annoy her given The Penguin stands by itself as a superb, Bat-free crime drama.

“It simply didn’t really feel crucial,” she stated. “It felt like we’d be wrenching him in simply to say we had The Batman in our present, when in actuality, I really feel like my objective a minimum of was at all times to create wealthy sufficient, compelling characters that you simply weren’t determined to see him, which I do know is a tall order as a result of so many individuals love Batman, and Rob Pattinson is so good as Batman. However, sure, we have been doing one thing a bit completely different. We’re via the lens of Oz. We’re on the streets. There’s a gang conflict taking place. We at all times would say, ‘Batman’s up excessive wanting down on Gotham, and Ouncesis within the muck, eager to stand up there and to attain a stage of energy.’ So, sure, we talked about it, however actually, we simply didn’t need to intrude with the story that we had.”

When requested about Pattinson but once more, this time if he can be in a possible season two, LeFranc succinctly responded that “there’s not even a season two proper now.” We nonetheless have the primary season, in fact, which is now streaming on HBO Max.