The Batman: Every Rumour You Need To Know

11. Robin Might Even Be Involved

Batman Dark Victory Robin
DC Comics/Tim Sale

According to Forbes, Dick Grayson is in with a shout of appearing in either The Batman or a sequel released further down the line.

If Reeves is taking inspiration from Loeb and Sale's Batman comics, with The Long Halloween a particular point of reference, then it would stand to reason that a film depicting Grayson's origins would pool inspiration from Dark Victory.

It would certainly help in distinguishing Reeves' vision from Nolan's (as said previously, TDK borrowed heavily from Long Halloween already), and the Boy Wonder is long overdue an accurate big screen portrayal.

As for Dark Victory - that book provided a modern update to Grayson's origins as Robin, and happened to feature a lot of villains too...

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