His film features Penguin in a rather important role, one that has since gotten even more important thanks to the award-winning HBO spinoff show. So, had Reeves not asked for the character to be taken out of Birds of Prey,

Netflix is queuing up what could be one of its most interesting hits yet, bringing together one of the hottest actors in the game with a director who's on a real streak – and it looks genuinely ravishing.

The showrunner talks about Batman ultimately not appearing in the HBO series and what it would take to do a second season.

In the series created by Lauren LeFranc, Colin Farrell reprises his role from Reeves’ film as the title villain, a disfigured kingpin named Oswald Cobb who’s working his way through Gotham’s sordid criminal underbelly.

The Penguin was originally conceived as a limited series, designed as a bridge between Matt Reeves ’ The Batman and its upcoming sequel, The Batman: Part II. The finale neatly set the stage for that film, with Oswald Cobblepot ascending to the top of Gotham’s criminal food chain and readying for his inevitable clash with The Dark Knight himself.

The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc explains why Robert Pattinson's Batman didn't appear on the critically acclaimed show.

The Penguin creator Lauren LeFranc has once again clarified Season 2 is still uncertain, but that may change after The Batman: Part II comes out.