Sources tell Collider, however, that Hill has never been considered for The Penguin and will officially be playing The Riddler, as director Matt Reeves believed casting Hill as The Penguin would be “a little too on-the-nose”.
Jonah Hill is in negotiations to play an iconic Batman villain in the forthcoming Robert Pattinson reboot of the DC Comics hero, but hasn’t yet decided which one.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, talks between Hill and Warner Bros are “at an early and sensitive stage” as both sides can’t decide which villain Hill would play – with both The Penguin and The Riddler top candidates.
The Batman has been described as a “grounded” take on the Dark Knight, with Reeves taking inspiration from the hard-boiled noir tone of the earliest Batman comics.