Colin Farrell Shares More Details About His THE BATMAN Penguin Spinoff Series

Colin Farrell has offered up some additional information about the upcoming The Batman spinoff Penguin HBO Max series. Farrell will reprise his role, and the series will show how The Penguin evolves as he makes his rise in the Gotham City criminal underworld.

When recently talking about the series in an interview with Variety's Awards Circuit, Farrell shared the episode count of the series and teases the plan that Matt Reeves is envisioning:

"I think it's going to be eight parts for HBO around Oz's rise into power, filling that power vacuum that was created when Falcone was killed. Matt [Reeves]'s idea originally was to have the Penguin show begin about a week after the end of the Batman film. And then, if it works, if the trajectory is interesting enough and if the audience go for it and we do our jobs right, have the second film – Penguin feature in the second film and pick up where the HBO show will end."

The actor went on to add that he doesn't yet know if he'll be in The Batman - Part II, though. I’m pretty sure that he will be in the sequel as Reeves previously said that the events in The Penguin would directly set up The Batman – Part II.

"There's actually a whole little fabric of things we're wanting to do, the way we're doing with [the] Penguin and how that comes back into how that will lead into the sequel, and what that sequel is going to be.”

During a previous interview with Farrell, he shared that he read the first script and teased what we can expect from the opening scene of the series, sharing:

“Gotham is still somewhat underwater. I read the first script for the first episode, and it opens up with my feet splashing through the water in Falcone’s office. Even just that alone, I read it, I was like, ‘Oh, jeez.’”

The Penguin show has been described as a “Scarface-like” series that will see the rise of the villain in the criminal underworld of Gotham City.

Lauren LeFranc will serve as writer and showrunner on the series, and he previously said, “I have long been a fan of the world of The Batman, and Matt’s film is such a powerful and bold entry into the canon. I am excited and humbled to continue telling stories in the grimy world of Gotham City – and what better excuse to channel my inner villain than to tell the story of Oswald Cobblepot? I am thrilled to work with Colin, Matt, Dylan, 6th & Idaho, Warners, and HBO Max as we work to bring this story to the screen.”

The Batman - Part II arrives on October 3rd, 2025, while the Penguin series doesn't yet have a release date.