The Batman director Matt Reeves has finally explained why the Caped Crusader doesn't intervene during the events of The Penguin.

Where was Batman during the events of HBO's The Penguin? Matt Reeves has answers on the Dark Knight's whereabouts.

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,

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,

Here's how The Penguin sets up The Batman Part II — and why Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb might not be the main villain.

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.

One eagle-eyed fan has pointed out what looks to be either a massive Batman Easter egg or ominous foreshadowing for a potential second season of The Penguin. In The Penguin episode 4, there's a brief,