The Batman Teases Robin For The Sequel In 2 Major Ways

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Batman

While The Batman sees Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne on his own without a Boy Wonder, there are a few teases in the film from director Matt Reeves that may hint at a future with Robin. Unfortunately, Batman films haven't had a living Robin on-screen since Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin with Chris O'Donnell in the role of Dick Grayson. However, perhaps that could change with future sequels set in Reeves' version of Gotham City.

Seeing as how The Batman takes place during year two of Bruce Wayne's vigilante career, it's still fairly early for him to take on a ward and eventual sidekick. However, eventually having a Robin by his side would reintroduce a dynamic that's long been missing in Batman films. Aside from the Schumacher Batman films, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Officer Blake was revealed to have the first name «Robin» at the end of the Dark Knight trilogy. However, he was not a traditional Robin with the name being a homage more than anything else, revealed just before he was given access to the Batcave to become the next Batman himself. Sadly, the beginnings of the DCEU revealed that a Robin had already been killed by the Joker by the time audience met Ben Affleck's Batman. As such, it's been almost 25 years since an actual live-action Robin has had Batman's back in a movie. Even outside of the movie world, the only appearance of Robin in live-action has been in the TV series Titans where, despite there being a plethora of Robins (with three characters having carried the title by the end of Titans season 4), they are rarely seen in significant supporting roles and their dynamic is always strained by their shared past or represented in flashbacks.

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