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Matt Reeves’ Batverse has expanded into a mammoth extended universe with the HBO seriesThe Penguin. Starring Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti, the series shows how the aftermath of the Riddler’s sea-wall explosion plan led to an increase in crime and class divide in Gotham and how people like Oz Cobb used it to their advantage.
The season finale of the series aired earlier this week and established the Penguin as the kingpin of Gotham’s underbelly, with Cobb having killed his last sense of humanity and rubbing shoulders with the elite. Reeves mentioned that the finale also sets the stage for a legendary villain inThe Batman – Part II.
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Robert Pattinson’sThe Batmansaw him play a younger and naive yet passionate Batman, who puts detective skills to the test. The end of the film saw him lean into his role as the protector of the city and not just a vigilante who beats up criminals. The film also exposed him to his family’s ties with the corruption in Gotham.
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Matt Reeves’The Penguinhas expanded on this corruption by exploring the criminal underworld of Gotham, with characters like Oz Cobb vying for power after the sea-wall explosion, orchestrated by the Riddler. Cobb’s status as the kingpin now has also tied him to the corruption in the city and has him rub shoulders with the political elite.
Reeves mentioned thatThe Batman – Part IIwould lean into this angle of exploring Gotham’s history with corruption and hinted that the villains for the film have already been set up inThe Penguin’s finale. He said (via Rotten Tomatoes),
It’s going to continue to flesh out the picture about the nature of the corruption in Gotham…I think the idea that we are going to delve into that story, it is sort of teased in the last episodes of this, kind of how the system works and how these things work. And I think the idea of being able to dig deeper into the true reason for this perpetual darkness of this place, is one of the things that I’m excited about for the movie.
The only villain in the comics that seems to be perfect for this kind of exploration of how deep the corruption goes would be the Court of Owls, the elite secret society that has been controlling all the happenings in Gotham for centuries.
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Matt Reeves’The Batmanestablished a Gotham that was literally a cesspool of corruption, with the Riddler targeting the city’s elites to expose their hidden faces. The Riddler’s final plan was to destroy the city by bombing the sea walls, which worked but seemed to bring the city together for a brief time, with Batman finally becoming a hero.
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However,The Penguinshowed the after-effects of the sea wall explosion on the everyday lives of the common folk, the economy, and the criminal underbelly of Gotham. The explosion seemed to widen the class divide in the city and Oz Cobb even revealed that politicians had diverted resources to rich communities rather than the common people.
These are the kinds of strings that the Court of Owls typically pulled in the comics. Cobb also mentions that such occurrences were not new to Gotham and that the rich and powerful had been ruling the city in secret for many years, hinting at a secret cabal like the Court. With the Penguin now connected to the powerful, it is only a matter of time before the Court makes an appearance.
The Penguinis streaming on Max.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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