Mild spoilers for an early scene in The Batman follow.
Outside of the campy '60s Batman TV series, Robin has always been a difficult character to pull off on screen. The idea of The Dark Knight taking a teenager under his wing and training him as a vigilante just doesn't really gel with the more grounded takes on the DC Comics hero we've seen from the likes of Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves. Even Batman Forever aged the character up a little, while Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman revealed that the DCEU's Boy Wonder was killed off-screen by The Joker.
Is there any chance a sequel to The Batman will introduce a sidekick for Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader? Well, some believe we've already met him.
When we first see Batman in the movie, he's stopping some thugs from beating up a man in the subway station. One of them is clearly reluctant to hurt the poor guy, and actually stops one of his fellow gang members from shooting their shadowy assailant. Bats repays the favor by not beating the crap out of the kid, and he makes a quick exit.
This was more than likely just a throwaway moment to reflect that Gotham City isn't completely beyond saving, but there's a lot of speculation that this unnamed character could return as Robin down the line (coincidentally, actor Jay Lycurgo actually plays Tim Drake in Titans).
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