The Batman director Matt Reeves has finally explained why the Caped Crusader doesn't intervene during the events of The Penguin.

HBO’s The Penguin only exists because The Batman was wildly successful and audiences really gravitated to Colin Farrell’s against-type rendition of Oswald Cobblepot, or Oz Cobb as he’s known in this universe.

Where was Batman during the events of HBO's The Penguin? Matt Reeves has answers on the Dark Knight's whereabouts.

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,

The Penguin executive producer Matt Reeves has offered a story reason for Batman's absence in the HBO series, revealing that the Caped Crusader will find it "very hard to be Batman" in his upcoming sequel.

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,