Oswald Cobblepot's new name in The Penguin, Oz Cobb, may have a deeper meaning that connects the new DC series to The Batman - Part II's main villains. Matt Reeves' grounded The Batman universe presents a version of Gotham City where only a few DC characters have taken the spotlight. The Riddler's attack on Gotham in The Batman's ending unleashed a sequence of events that led to a power vacuum in the Gotham criminal underworld, and The Penguin's opening scene turned what could have been an easy power grab into a chaotic gang war. And at the center of it all is Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb.

Following his secondary antagonist role in The Batman, The Penguin makes some changes to its titular villain. For instance, the Penguin no longer comes from a wealthy family, and he's known as "Oz Cobb" instead of his traditional name, Oswald Cobblepot. The...