Is “The Penguin” getting a second season on HBO?

The publication of will be released on Sunday evening The penguin Episode 8 and thus the conclusion of the first season of The Batman Spin-off, but is that the end of the story? Since always The penguin When the series premiered, it was talked about as if it were a limited series, a unifying event The Batman to what is to come The Batman Part II. So far there has been no word about it The penguin Continued beyond HBO’s original episode order, but the series’ popularity has only skyrocketed since its premiere. Could this lead to a renewal order?

The short answer at this point is: NOIt does not appears in the second season of The penguin will happen. However, plans like this sometimes change and The Batman Director Matt Reeves has already hinted at the TV future of this corner of DC. There are two main reasons why a season 2 of The penguin seems unlikely, the important thing is that the show acts as a bridge between them The Batman And The Batman Part II It probably doesn’t need any more episodes before this movie (not to mention the timing wouldn’t really work out). Reeves himself has already confirmed that series star Colin Farrell will return in the sequel, thus revealing his status in the world of The Batman will be clear as the series ends and we get closer to the feature film sequel.

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The second main reason for this The penguin A second season sequel seems unlikely for Farrell, as he has made it clear that he is not keen on repeating another batch of episodes. In an interview with Total Film earlier this year, Farrell was asked about the possibility of an extension and replied: “I don’t know, man. Don’t get me wrong – I loved it – but it got on my nerves a little. I ended up ranting and whining to anyone who would listen that I damn well wanted it to be done. I tried to remind her that I felt ‘sullen gratitude.’

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He added: “I was still grateful and still honored – I grew up with Burgess Meredith [in the ‘60s Batman TV series]and then Danny DeVito [in 1992’s Batman Returns] was my penguin – I felt really privileged to be part of the tradition of this storytelling. But in the end…”

Series showrunner Lauren LeFranc was a little more hopeful about The Penguin’s potential as an ongoing series, telling The Direct: “We’ve put everything on the table. I think to do a second season we have to feel like we can outdo ourselves. We need to feel like there’s something else we can really delve into. I mean, I really care about all of these characters, even though they’re terrible people.”

Regarding the television future of The Batman and his characters, Matt Reeves recently talked about where they might go, seemingly alluding to the TV shows that focus on individual characters between films (plus, they’re one-off stories). In conversation with interviewReeves said: “We’ve talked about doing other shows…You can have this almost novelistic, epic crime saga, but you also just get these separate experiences.” They have their own dramatic value. So the story of Oz is the story of Oz, and the idea is to tell these other stories in the same way.”

One element of this entire mystery that might leave some fans wondering, and that seems a little revealing, is the way in which this happens The penguin is present on the streaming service MAX. When viewers choose The penguin and are offered the episodes to choose from, they are all listed as “S1E1”, “S1E2”, etc., which is in stark contrast to HBO’s other limited series shows on the service, which list their episodes only as “Episode 1, ” Episode 2” etc. This may have been done to leave some wiggle room as to whether The penguin may or may not be renewed for Season 2, but in the grand scheme of the series this is mostly circumstantial evidence rather than direct evidence or confirmation The penguinThe future.