The Penguin's showrunner reveals what it was like creating a Gotham series that didn't include The Batman. Set in the same world as Matt Reeves' The Batman and before the events of The Batman Part II,

The Penguin takes the byway of streaming, to tell the story of the power grab by Oz Cobb and Gotham after the catastrophic deluge. Right off the bat, The Penguin is a by-product of The Batman, and Reeves' DC expansion.

The Penguin is delving further into the crime families of Gotham established in The Batman, with each one having connections to the other. By the time of The Penguin episode 1's ending, a war between these crime families is already brewing after the death of Carmine Falcone in The Batman.