Colin Farrell hints at 'dark' themes in 'The Batman 2' as he confirms his return

Colin Farrell has finally confirmed his return to The Batman 2, a year after Matt Reeves announced his inclusion in the installment.

For those unaware, the 50-year-old Irish actor will reprise his role as crime kingpin Oz Cobb, famous as Penguin, in the forthcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. The film has a starry cast, including Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Sebastian Stan, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano, and others.

Farrell told ScreenRant in a recent interview that he has read the script of The Batman 2, revealing that his character has only two scenes in the upcoming prequel.

Despite not having much screentime in The Batman 2, The Banshees of Inisherin star is “so excited” to see the movie.

Farrell shared, "I got to read from the first to last page and it's really magnificent. I just think Matt Reeves is brilliant and he wrote, not only tonally, a really kind of dark and at times terrifying piece, and not only psychologically weighty and nuanced, but really feeling... There's moments in it — it's full of feeling."

"I just think he wrote kind of a contemporary genre masterpiece, really," he praised.

Notably, Colin Farrell first portrayed Penguin in the 2022 film The Batman before reprising the role in the film's 2024 spinoff miniseries, The Penguin.

It is important to note that The Batman 2 is scheduled to open in theaters on October 1, 2027.