Highlights
- The release date for The Penguin series on Max has been delayed until Fall 2024 due to the writers' and actors' strikes.
- The Penguin series is the first spinoff in Matt Reeves' Batman Universe and will tie into The Batman 2, increasing fan excitement.
- Having two Batman franchises coexisting but independent of each other allows all fans to be entertained, with Reeves' grounded universe and Gunn's fantastic DCU.
The Penguin series release date has been delayed at Max. However, The Batman's spinoff's postponement won't be as unbearable as expected.
The Batman saga's next chapter is a Max series following Colin Farrell's Penguin as he rises to power in Gotham City's underworld. In addition to being set only one week after The Batman, The Penguin series will tie into The Batman 2, increasing fan excitement for the already-anticipated show.
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While an official release date hadn't been set for Max, The Penguin was slated to premiere on the streaming series in Spring 2024. However, Max's 2024 slate preview (via Meghan O’Keefe) confirms The Penguin series' release date has been delayed until an unspecified date in Fall 2024 due to the writers' and actors' strikes, the latter of which remain unresolved as of the writing. While disappointing, the news is likely unsurprising considering The Penguin series filming was paused just over a month after the writers' strike started.
While The Batman 2 is arguably the more anticipated of the two projects, The Penguin is exciting in its own right because it's the first spinoff in Matt Reeves' developing Batman Universe. This corner of the DC franchise plans to include spinoffs for various Batman villains, a Gotham City PD show, and an Arkham Asylum series, though there has been little movement on the latter two lately. Reeves' Batman trilogy will exist outside of James Gunn's DCU, meaning he can continue his shared universe without having to consider or account for the events in Gunn's franchise.
While some fans believe having two Caped Crusaders on the screen simultaneously will confuse general audiences, others think having two Batman franchises is best for the character. Depictions of The Dark Knight range from grounded and realistic to fantastical and out-of-this-world. While some fans enjoy both, others prefer one over the other. Having Reeves' grounded Batman universe and Gunn's fantastic DCU existing simultaneously but independent of each other means all fans can be entertained.
That said, Reeves' The Batman 2 is rumored to include Robin, so he's seemingly open to introducing elements some fans consider silly. Still, Reeves will likely ground most aspects of the DC mythos, as is expected with rumored take on Clayface. Only time will tell how Reeves and Gunn's respective DC Universes unfold, but most fans agree there's ample reason to be excited for both.
The Penguin is scheduled to premiere on Max in Fall 2024.
The Batman
Directed by the visionary Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson plays a dark, gritty and tormented caped crusader, looking to save his home from the corruption that eats at it, and the criminals looking to destroy it. With a stellar cast of Andy Serkis, Zoe Kravitz, Collin Farrell and Jeffrey Wright, The Batman takes a new approach to Gotham's protector, one not seen since the Nolan trilogy.
- Release Date
- March 4, 2022
- Director
- Matt Reeves
- Runtime
- 176 minutes
Source: Max (via Meghan O’Keefe)
