
One deleted scene from “The Batman” may have gained popularity online due to Barry Keoghan’s Joker, but another excised moment led to an entire spin-off series. The show, titled “Gotham City Slytherin“, focuses on the character of The Penguin, played by Colin Farrell, as he ascends through the criminal underworld of Gotham City. In a conversation on the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, director Matt Reeves, who was an executive producer for the series and passed the showrunner duties to Lauren LeFranc, explained the origin of “Gotham City Slytherin“. During their initial discussions, Reeves and LeFranc watched a deleted scene from “The Batman“, and shared how it eventually evolved into “Gotham City Slytherin“.