Matt Reeves has spoken in regards to the persistent rumors that Robin the Boy Surprise will seem in The Batman – Half II, clarifying a degree many want to listen to. Within the years since The Batman made its method by way of theaters in 2022, followers have feverishly speculated as to who would possibly seem within the upcoming sequel, with quite a lot of hypothesis surrounding the villains. One rumor particularly claimed that Robin was within the script for The Batman – Half II, though DC Studios President James Gunn denied this, insisting that only a few folks had even learn it.
On the Emmys, Matt Reeves (through Comicbook Film) was requested if he is thought of giving Batman a sidekick within the sequel. Reeves neither confirmed nor denied Robin’s function in The Batman – Half II, however he talked about how, in the course of the growth course of, it is protected to imagine many characters have been talked about or thought of. After all, simply because a personality is talked about, that does not essentially imply they’re going to find yourself within the completed movie. As Reeves put it:
“Properly, certain, you discuss all the things. There’s most likely not any character that we did not discuss. ‘What may this be?’ ‘What may that be?’ That is a part of the start of something, so…”
Robin’s Massive DC Future
Reeves’ merely acknowledged remark speaks to how rumors typically act like a sport of phone. In the course of the growth course of, quite a few concepts are explored earlier than the filmmakers choose the story they need to inform. But any a part of these talks, even when they’re simply spitballing, can find yourself being reported on and handled as actual information — just like the best way Gunn talked about he thought of Brainiac because the villain of Superman early on, however he was nowhere to be discovered within the completed movie.
Robin is well the second or third most necessary determine in Batman’s supporting forged, having appeared in Detective Comics #38 in 1940, making his debut earlier than the Joker or Catwoman. Whereas Robin is usually related to the Caped Crusader, he hasn’t been seen in a live-action movie since 1997’s Batman & Robin, aside from an Easter egg reference in 2012’s The Darkish Knight Rises. The character will quickly return to the highlight, nonetheless — the Damian Wayne model will seem within the DCU’s Courageous and the Daring, whereas Dick Grayson and Jason Todd are getting their very own animated team-up film, Dynamic Duo.
All that Robin publicity could be sufficient of a purpose for Reeves to keep away from the character for The Batman – Half II, as he seemingly needs his model of the hero to be drastically totally different from something Gunn has deliberate for the DCU Batman. On condition that Robin is a key determine within the Batman comics, it is seemingly that the character’s potential function within the story was talked about. It may have been expanded upon or rapidly moved on from in favor of different characters. Possibly Reeves even talked about Condiment King or Loopy Quilt (although that appears way more unlikely). Both method, The Batman – Half II remains to be over two years away and filming will not begin till 2026, so it’s going to be a while till concrete particulars in regards to the sequel floor.