Those viewers will, therefore, likely be curious to hear The Batman director and Penguin executive producer Matt Reeves’ long-awaited explanation for the Dark Knight’s absence from the HBO series. In an interview with Digital Spy,

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,

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,

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,

The Batman director Matt Reeves has finally explained why the Caped Crusader doesn't intervene during the events of The Penguin. "This was a time of great turmoil in the city, it's literally the week after what happened,