Though he’s tight-lipped about specifics, The Batman director and The Penguin EP Matt Reeves has confirmed that more spinoffs are in the works…
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Following the smash hit The Batman in theaters, director Matt Reeves announced that several small-screen spinoffs were in the works, including The Penguin, a Gotham PD series, and a project centered around the infamous Arkham Asylum. Only one of those has moved forward (The Penguin season finale airs next week), but executive producer Dylan Clark recently indicated that early plans are in the works for another show set in the “epic Batman crime saga,” and Reeves has now confirmed that more shows are in the works. Andy Serkis (Alfred), speaking with the director for InterviewMagazine.com, asked Reeves if there are plans for a second season of The Penguin or if he plans to take us “to Gotham through a different lens.”
“We’ve talked, and it’s exciting because people are embracing it. My imagination is blossoming, which is very exciting, and HBO has been incredibly supportive from the beginning. Now to see it being embraced is really exciting. We’ve talked about doing other shows. I wanted to make sure we didn’t do an origin story like a lot of other shows have done. I think the idea of being able to put a lens on these characters is really exciting. These are cities and their dysfunctions, the world and its dysfunctions, which is what Batman stories are all about. This is Gotham, a place that should be better. You can experience this epic, almost fictional crime saga, but you can also have these separate experiences. They have their own dramatic value. So the story of Oz is the story of Oz, and the idea is to do these other stories in the same way.”
Reeves didn’t mention any specific characters, but he previously hinted that a legal drama centered on Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, could be a possibility. Reeves also talked about the freedom to make The Penguin a little more adult after being somewhat “handcuffed” during the making of The Batman.
“It’s interesting because in a Batman movie, there are enormous resources, so we’re able to do very grand things, but we’re limited in other ways. When we were dealing with the ratings committee, they were like, ‘You’ve got to take this and that out.’ But with HBO, those handcuffs have been taken off. It’s given us the ability to be really character-driven. Just in the way that Oz can be so delightfully profane. Now that we’re working on the movie, he can’t be so free with the swear words. There’s a wonderful tone in the way Colin does it, so we have to find the right balance.”
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