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

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.

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

If Sunday night's finale of "The Penguin" is a further indication of how the world created by Matt Reeves is going to be moving forward, then Batman is in very good hands. The Colin Farrell-led series ended with a bang,

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.

In the series, Julian Rush is a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum who is assigned to Sofia Falcone during her wrongful imprisonment. She continues to see him after her release, and he becomes the advisor to her newfound criminal empire. "Not just any rag mask but the classic comic book-y one he wears with the noose," someone observed.

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.