{"id":25122,"date":"2025-09-16T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/25122\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:19:10","slug":"the-penguin-season-2-has-an-official-update-from-the-batman-director-matt-reeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/25122\/","title":{"rendered":"The Penguin Season 2 Has An Official Update From The Batman Director Matt Reeves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/intro-1757975477.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1969062\/the-penguin-season-2-update-the-batman-director-matt-reeves\/\" data-post-id=\"1969062\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"The Penguin Season 2 Has An Official Update From The Batman Director Matt Reeves: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb dressed in a tuxedo and bow tie in The Penguin\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Macall Polay\/HBO<\/p>\n<p>Whoa,\u00a0take it easy, sweetheart! Practically ever since the moment the credits began rolling on 2022&#8217;s &#8220;The Batman,&#8221; fans everywhere cried out for more of Colin Farrell&#8217;s ferocious gangster Oswald Cobb. Those demands were met\u00a0(and then some) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1662305\/the-penguin-colin-farrell-tv-series-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the HBO spin-off series &#8220;The Penguin&#8221;<\/a> \u2014 actually, make that the Emmy Award-winning\u00a0&#8220;The\u00a0Penguin,&#8221; following its victories in nine separate categories at this year&#8217;s ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the interest surrounding the show has only increased to a fever pitch. Not only is there a sizeable portion of the fanbase invested in a possible crossover, particularly involving Cristin Milioti&#8217;s Sofia Falcone Gigante appearing in &#8220;The Batman: Part II.&#8221; But since Farrell&#8217;s role in the blockbuster sequel isn&#8217;t expected to amount to much, what about another season of &#8220;The Penguin&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>We finally have some promising news on that front. While making an appearance on the star-studded red carpet for the Emmy\u00a0Awards, &#8220;The Batman&#8221; director Matt\u00a0Reeves provided a long-awaited update on &#8220;The\u00a0Penguin&#8221; season 2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1710358\/colin-farrell-the-penguin-season-2-return-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Farrell has previously commented on what it would take to get him to don the prosthetics and makeup once more<\/a> as Oz, but this marks the closest we&#8217;ve ever been to outright confirmation of more episodes to come. While speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/robert-pattinson-batman-2-script-penguin-season-2-1236518305\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Variety<\/a>, Reeves gave an update from the creative team&#8217;s side:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in discussions. [Showrunner] Lauren [Lefranc] is thinking hard and we&#8217;re talking, so we&#8217;ll see. We love the show, and we think our cast is so incredible. The work that Lauren and the writers did was incredible. Our passion was in it, but never in our wildest dreams could we imagine it would have been received in the way that it was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                The Penguin&#8217;s Emmy wins probably helped make the case for season 2<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-penguins-emmy-wins-probably-helped-make-the-case-for-season-2-1757975479.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1969062\/the-penguin-season-2-update-the-batman-director-matt-reeves\/\" data-post-id=\"1969062\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"The Penguin Season 2 Has An Official Update From The Batman Director Matt Reeves: The Penguin's Emmy wins probably helped make the case for season 2\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Cristin Milioti as Sofia Gigante in a red outfit walking next to Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb getting out of a car in The Penguin\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Macall Polay\/HBO<\/p>\n<p>Who says awards season doesn&#8217;t matter? As much as some of us like to gripe about this time of the year, there&#8217;s no denying the fact that the biggest names in the business \u2014 and, most importantly, the biggest industry decisionmakers \u2014 pay close attention to the movies and shows that garner critical acclaim and industry plaudits. That&#8217;s a long-winded way of saying that, even though Matt Reeves&#8217; comments were delivered prior to &#8220;The Penguin&#8221; enjoying a strong showing at the Emmys, it certainly doesn&#8217;t hurt its case for the studio moving forward with a second season. It takes a surprising amount of coordinated, behind-the-scenes effort between the studio (both HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery proper), the creative team (in this case, showrunner Lauren LeFranc and executive producer Reeves), and the cast (all of whom have busy schedules) to make anything concrete happen. But reading between Reeves&#8217; lines, it sure seems like an official announcement could simply be a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a journey for a show that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1914087\/colin-farrell-worried-hbo-cancel-the-penguin-reason-batgirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colin Farrell himself once feared could&#8217;ve been cancelled before it ever even got off the ground<\/a>.\u00a0While nobody ever sets out to make outright trash, it&#8217;s hard to believe that even HBO&#8217;s head honchos anticipated &#8220;The\u00a0Penguin&#8221; garnering as much love as it has. Much of that rests on the shoulders of Farrell, of course, but how about Cristin\u00a0Milioti&#8217;s Emmy-winning performance as the villainous (and villainess) Sofia?\u00a0While her return in &#8220;The\u00a0Batman: Part II&#8221; doesn&#8217;t appear to be in the cards due to timing, nothing theoretically precludes her once again reprising her role in a second season.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, fans will have to wait quite a bit before that ever becomes a reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1941326\/the-batman-2-things-need-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Batman&#8221; sequel obviously takes precedence<\/a> and, after quite a bit of delays, is only scheduled to arrive in theaters in 2027. Any subsequent season of &#8220;The Penguin&#8221; would necessarily have to arrive afterwards, likely with plenty of breathing room in between the two productions. For now, we&#8217;ll happily settle for this update on season 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Penguin&#8221; is currently streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Macall Polay\/HBO Whoa,\u00a0take it easy, sweetheart! 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