This isn’t anything new because both Matt Reeves and Dylan Clark have mentioned that they are interested in expanding THE BATMAN SAGA further with additional HBO shows like THE PENGUIN. In a recent interview with INTERVIEW MAGAZINE — conducted by Alfred Pennyworth himself, Andy Serkis — Matt Reeves again mentions what they’ve got cooking beyond future THE BATMAN films…
Yeah. We have been talking, and it’s exciting because people are now embracing the show. My fantasy is coming into being, which is very exciting, and HBO has been incredibly supportive from the beginning. Now to see that the show is being embraced is really, really exciting. We have been talking about doing other shows. I wanted to make sure that we didn’t do the origin tale, which so many of the other series have done. I think the idea of being able to put a lens on these characters is a really exciting idea. It’s about cities and their dysfunction and the world and its dysfunction, which is what Batman stories are all about. They’re all about Gotham being a place that should be better. And you can have the experience of this almost novelistic epic crime saga, but you also just get these separate experiences. They have their own dramatic value. So Oz’s story is Oz’s story, and the idea is to do these other stories in the same way.
Of course, next up for THE BATMAN SAGA is THE BATMAN: PART II which begins filming early next year. Sounds like we’ll be getting another HBO series or two in between PART II and THE BATMAN: PART III. I have no idea what they will be (they’ve previously kicked around the idea of shows featuring Arkham Asylum and the Gotham City Police Department), but I’m on board regardless!
CLICK HERE for the full interview that features a lot of good stuff about THE PENGUIN. – Bill “Jett” Ramey