Batgirl's Robin Reveal Hints That Keaton's Batman Isn't The Burton Version
Set photos of Robin from the upcoming DCEU film Batgirl hint that Michael Keaton’s Batman won’t be the same version of the Dark Knight seen in the Tim Burton films, despite being played by Keaton. 2022’s The Flash will see Keaton return to the role as the same Batman who helped form the modern superhero blockbuster film in 1989, and the film appears to also be ushering in a continuity reboot for the DCEU, leaving some parts unchanged but changing others. Keaton will replace Ben Affleck as the franchise’s Batman, but he might be playing an all-new version of the Dark Knight, mixing elements from Burton’s films, the old DCEU, and the comics.
Batman never had a sidekick in 1989’s Batman or Batman Returns, despite both films including plans of introducing the character during development. The ongoing Batman ’89 comics, which are canonical continuations of Burton’s continuity, finally gave Batman his famous sidekick through an original character, Drake Winston, who is based on a proposed reimagined version of Robin for Batman Returns, who’d have been played by Marlon Wayans. In the DCEU’s original timeline, Ben Affleck’s Batman trained his adopted son, Dick Grayson, as Robin, who would later die at the hands of The Joker. Unrealized DCEU plans by Zack Snyder would have had Carrie Kelley succeed Dick Grayson as Robin.
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Several set photos from Batgirl reference Robin in a different context from the Tim Burton films and the pre-The Flash DCEU. This includes a mural depicting Keaton’s Batman alongside a version of Robin who resembles Dick Grayson from the DC Comics universe, as well as a magazine referencing Grayson’s near-recruitment by the nefarious
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