{"id":174284,"date":"2025-12-08T21:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174284\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:22:13","slug":"the-penguin-season-2-gets-exciting-update-but-theres-a-catch-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174284\/","title":{"rendered":"The Penguin Season 2 Gets Exciting Update, But There\u2019s a Catch &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new update on <a href=\"http:\/\/superherohype.com\/tag\/the-penguin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Penguin<\/a> Season 2 has fans excited for the potential second season of the hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/HBO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HBO<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the latest The Penguin Season 2 update?<\/p>\n<p>In a recent report on the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Netflix<\/a> acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Warner-Bros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Warner Bros.<\/a> and what it means for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/DC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC<\/a>, Bloomberg briefly talks about the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/DC-Studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC Studios<\/a>. The report mentions films like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Superman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Superman<\/a> and the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Supergirl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Supergirl<\/a>, and also notes that a \u201csecond season of The Penguin,\u201d as well as a \u201ctrue-crime series\u201d based on the comic book character <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Gorilla-Grodd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gorilla Grodd<\/a>, are both in the works.<\/p>\n<p>While the news is far from confirmed, the information did send fans into a theory frenzy. Fans online reacted positively, with many already thinking about what a potential second season of the show could include. Some began wondering about a potential showdown between The Penguin and Two-Face, while others were just happy at the thought of a Season 2. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=63xgf5wtNYc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Happy Sad Confused\u2019s Josh Horowitz<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, Matt Reeves also confirmed\u00a0that he, showrunner Lauren LeFranc, Farrell, and executive producer Dylan Clark are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/news\/1901647-matt-reeves-the-batman-2-villain-penguin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">talking about continuing Oz\u2019s story<\/a>. In February, Farrell also said he was open to a second season, and that he would be open to keep playing the character after reprising his role in the next The Batman film.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguin was a smash hit for Farrell, Warner Bros. Discovery, and all involved. The series earned critical praise and was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, with Farrell winning Best Actor \u2014 Miniseries or Television Film for his portrayal of Oswald \u201cOz\u201d Cobb.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-06\/netflix-has-huge-opportunity-with-dc-studios-superheroes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new update on The Penguin Season 2 has fans excited for the potential second season of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[29525,4793,156,112109,2592,111,139,69,19326,437,14857],"class_list":{"0":"post-174284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-dc","9":"tag-dc-studios","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gorilla-grodd","12":"tag-hbo","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-the-penguin","17":"tag-tv","18":"tag-tv-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}