Those viewers will, therefore, likely be curious to hear The Batman director and Penguin executive producer Matt Reeves’ long-awaited explanation for the Dark Knight’s absence from the HBO series. In an interview with Digital Spy,

If Sunday night's finale of "The Penguin" is a further indication of how the world created by Matt Reeves is going to be moving forward, then Batman is in very good hands. The Colin Farrell-led series ended with a bang,

But one complete scene stood out to me in the finale as a deliberate set up for where we might see Oz in The Batman: Part 2. Almost as if Matt Reeves asked LeFranc to include this one sequence, just to lay the groundwork for a story he’d like to explore down the line.

The comic that arguably has the most influence on The Penguin is Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, which serves as a direct sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween. In Batman: Dark Victory,

The Penguin executive producer Matt Reeves has offered a story reason for Batman's absence in the HBO series, revealing that the Caped Crusader will find it "very hard to be Batman" in his upcoming sequel.

HBO’s The Penguin only exists because The Batman was wildly successful and audiences really gravitated to Colin Farrell’s against-type rendition of Oswald Cobblepot, or Oz Cobb as he’s known in this universe.

The Batman director Matt Reeves has finally explained why the Caped Crusader doesn't intervene during the events of The Penguin. "This was a time of great turmoil in the city, it's literally the week after what happened,