The Batman Universe Is Called the 'Batman Epic Crime Saga'

Matt Reeves’ DC expansion is called the ‘Batman Epic Crime Saga.’ According to Entertainment Weekly , The Batman director Reeves alongside producing partner Dylan Clark plan to launch a universe of movies and shows that branch from 2022’s The Batman , starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader. The first effort in this endeavor is The Penguin , which sees Colin Farrell reprise his role as Oz Cobb for HBO and Max’s upcoming TV series.

As already announced, The Penguin is set one week after The Batman and leads into the events of the upcoming The Batman 2 . Reeves told EW that discarded spin-off ideas included a series focusing on the Gotham City Police Department and an Arkham Asylum concept, but HBO execs suggested he focus on “marquee characters” instead. Elements of the Gotham P.

D. treatment are said to have made their way into The Penguin. Meanwhile, Reeves said The Batman HBO Max series is on hold (“we’re not really doing that”) and wouldn’t be drawn on whether Pattinson’s Batman shows up in The Penguin.

The Penguin lead writer and showrunner Lauren LeFranc was more chatty, however, saying the show is “the bridge between the two films,” pointing to 2026's The Batman 2. “We’re going almost directly into the second film Matt has planned,” LeFranc said. What else might The Batman Epic Crime Saga include? There’s another TV show in the works, apparently, but all Clark would say is this: “We’re looking at this entire world as it rel.