Penguin star explains where Robert Pattinson's Batman is in new series

Colin Farrell reprises his relation arsenic the Batman villain but fans mightiness wonderment if helium volition look disconnected with the leader successful the caller spin-off show

Colin Farrell has tried to explicate wherever Robert Pattinson's Batman is during the events of his caller spin-off series.

The Penguin focuses connected 1 of the caped crusader's iconic villains and viewers volition get to witnesser his attempts to takeover the transgression families of Gotham. However, with 1 of the large baddies making moves successful his town, fans whitethorn commencement to wonderment wherever the Bat is erstwhile everything goes down.

In effort to reply this question, Farrell, who plays the relation of Oswald Cobblepot AKA The Penguin, explained that determination are a fig of things successful play which marque it truthful his character's actions aren't interrupted by the comic publication hero.

One facet is that the timeline of the events passim the series, is comparative short, portion different is that Pattinson's mentation of Batman is comparatively aboriginal successful his transgression warring career, and determination are immoderate areas of the metropolis helium doesn't person excessively overmuch power over. Unfortunately for Pattinson and Batman fans it means the Dark Knight volition apt not beryllium making an quality astatine all.

Speaking to IGN, Farrell said: "His (Penguin) communicative takes spot implicit 5 oregon six weeks, truthful it seemed to marque consciousness to the creatives, to Matt (Reeves, manager and writer of The Batman) and to Lauren (LeFranc), that helium didn't request to look successful this. And it's a precise antithetic broadside of Gotham, arsenic well. Not that Batman doesn't get his hands soiled successful the shadows, of course, but it's a very, precise antithetic portion of Gotham that I've ne'er seen before. It's truly the underbelly of the metropolis and it's down successful the gutter.”

During the promotion of the show, a mock paper was released and a photograph uploaded connected fashionable website Reddit.

This goes further to explicate the existent authorities of play successful Gotham during the bid events and hints that Batman himself could really beryllium missing. A governmental cartoon is included which depicts Commissioner Gordon lasting by the Bat Signal, with an serviceman adjacent to him saying: "It's been weeks, sir..."

Perhaps aft the melodramatic events of The Batman, Pattinson's leader is licking his wounds...until the sequel yet releases astatine least.

The Penguin begins connected September 20 and episodes are released play successful the aboriginal hours each week. They are disposable to watercourse done Sky oregon NOW TV.