The Penguin ending may have covertly presented The Batman 2's bad guys.
Throughout the fast courtroom tete-a-tete in between Oz (Colin Farrell) and Councilman Hady (Rhys Coiro), you might observe a strange print around the walls of the courtroom.
It's not the style you desire to pay attention to here. Rather, the overview– an owl-like shape– is the crucial to this engaging theory.
Some on social networks, as you can see below, have actually leapt to the conclusion that this is a tease for the Court of Owls to get here in The Batman's 2026 follow up.
Owls in a courtroom?Court of Owls is absolutely 100% not a coincidence #ThePenguin pic.twitter.com/iJyFBjOXueNovember 12, 2024
Presented as part of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's New 52 Batman run at the turn of the 2010s, the secret society understood as the Court of Owls stepped out of the shadows of Gotham to deal with down Batman– who they view as the greatest risk to their talon-like grip on the city, which extends back centuries.
Tellingly, this isn't the very first owl-themed tease to appear in The Batman's universe. The very first film opened with a card sent out by the Riddler including– what else?– an owl on its front cover. The 2022 film, directed by Matt Reeves, likewise dug deep into the concept of the Renewal Fund, a swimming pool of money that was ultimately abused by different effective figures, consisting of Carmine Falcone.
That arranged corruption and The Batman's fixation with birds (lest we forget ‘El Rata Alada' and the ‘bird with wings' riddle) is absolutely nothing brand-new. It just stands to factor that another ultra-powerful group in The Court of Owls may spread its wings in a follow up– which is set to begin shooting next year.
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The Batman 2 hits movie theaters on October 2, 2026. For more on The Penguin, have a look at our total breakdown of The Penguin ending.
