Matt Reeves explained why Robert Pattinson, who played Batman in the same world, doesn't appear. "The Penguin" is the second project set within Matt Reeves' grim, violent take on the DC universe, following 2022's " The Batman " which starred Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne and Batman.

The titular character is not an umbrella wielding, whimsically rotund dandy named Oswald Cobblepot, as he has long been in the Batman world. He is now Oz Cobb, a shambling golem of a man, coarse and ruthless as he tries to claw his way to the top of Gotham’s criminal hierarchy.