News The Penguin The Penguin Season 2 Might Not Take Flight “We don’t want to do something again if it’s not going to be excellent.” By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on August 20, 2025 Credit: Macall Polay/HBO Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Macall Polay/HBO HBO’s The Penguin was originally meant as a limited series—a spinoff from Matt Reeves’ The Batman that explores how Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobb spends his time between the first film and the upcoming The Batman Part II, which is currently slated to come out on October 1, 2027. That’s years away, and even though Reeves has expressed interest in a second season of The Penguin, showrunner Lauren LeFranc told The Hollywood Reporter that “there’s no current status update” about more episodes. She added, “I think Matt [Reeves] just turned in his script [for The Batman Part II], so I’m excited to read that soon and see what comes of that—if there is anything there that merits a second season [of The Penguin] or not. I think we’ve said this before, but I truly mean it: We have to feel confident we can top ourselves, and that’s something that’s really important to Colin Farrell and me, especially; otherwise, we don’t want to do something again if it’s not going to be excellent. We were always meant to be a limited series. So, pivoting to a second season is just different—it’s not something we ever really talked about.” LeFranc also answered yet another a question on why Robert Pattinson’s Batman didn’t show up in the first season, a question that must annoy her given The Penguin stands on its own as an excellent, Bat-free crime drama. “It just didn’t feel necessary,” she said. “It felt like we’d be wrenching him in just to say we had The Batman in our show, when in reality, I feel like my goal at least was always to create rich enough, compelling characters that you weren’t desperate to see him, which I know is a tall order because so many people love Batman, and Rob Pattinson is so good as Batman. But, yes, we were doing something a little different. We’re through the lens of Oz. We’re on the streets. There’s a gang war happening. We always would say, ‘Batman’s up high looking down on Gotham, and Oz is in the muck, wanting to get up there and to achieve a level of power.’ So, yes, we talked about it, but honestly, we just didn’t want to interfere with the story that we had.” When asked about Pattinson yet again, this time if he would be in a potential season two, LeFranc succinctly responded that “there’s not even a season two right now.” We still have the first season, of course, which is now streaming on HBO Max. [end-mark] The post <i>The Penguin</i> Season 2 Might Not Take Flight appeared first on Reactor.