Like Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Batman is set in a world not too unlike our own. In fact, it's easy to imagine Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader being part of our reality, but that might not leave much room for some of Gotham City's more fantastical denizens to appear down the line.
Having now spent some time with this Batman, it's hard to imagine him heading into action alongside a teenage sidekick like Robin. Despite that, director Matt Reeves seemed open to the idea of introducing the Boy Wonder during a recent conversation with Happy Sad Confused's Josh Horowitz.
"Maybe. I'll just say maybe," The Batman helmer responded when asked if Robin could one day join the Batverse. "I don't know. Here's the thing, I have a lot of ideas about what I want to do. I'm not sure what the next story is. For me, whatever that story is going to be, it's going to take these characters, and specifically Batman, and put them in some kind of emotional jeopardy."
"So, when you talk about what you're talking about, there may be a really interesting story. There have to be emotional stakes to get drawn into that character's story. I don't want that character to become a cypher. I don't want to be like, 'Okay, it wasn't an origin tale, but you know what, that was kind of the origins, and now he's just perfect.' No, you need to test the character again and again."
"For me, there might be something in that. I don't know," Reeves continued, referring to Batman's iconic sidekick. "There's a deep dive that already happened in the beginning and now I'm going to have to deep dive again if we get a chance to make another one, so we shall see."
It's been a long time since Robin's dynamic with Batman has been explored on the big screen, and The Batman franchise feels like the right place to revisist it. It doesn't appear as if the director is giving what comes next too much thought right now, though we wouldn't be surprised if the Dark Knight recruits someone like Dick Grayson or Jason Todd to aid his war on crime.
The Batman is now playing in theaters worldwide.