Will Robin Rise Alongside Dark Knight?

I agree with that last statement. I think he may be the only actor who could actually make it work, sorry Chris O’Donnell.

love JGL, but too old. It might actually be interesting to have the final scene of TDKR take place at the circus just after the Flying Graysons were murdered. Batman sees the young Grayson as a chance to save Dickie from the bad experiences he had…end of film.
Much better than a 1990s style Batman ending where there’s some combination of Batman, Catwoman, Robin or Batgirl running in slo-mo in front of the Batsignal.

Here’s hoping. But, there’s so much in this film already, I rather see a cameo.

Anyone remember of “Dark Victory”? Have it happen at the very end and speed up the learning curve so that the end of the movie is Robin taking the oath. Run credits and then…

A few years later… We see the Dark Knight with a young partner but this Batman is not as bulky, more lean and he… smiles? More acrobatic than powerful… It’s a grown Dick Grayson and his Robin is Damian Wayne… New direction, keeps the franchise going, all well and good….

Robin sucks! If he shows up in TDKR it’s gonna fail!

I’m a massive fan of Robin. In fact, he’s my favorite comic here EVER. But… I’m thinking this is just a red herring of sorts. Bale and Nolan were adamant about not including Robin because while he works for comics, a realistic movie franchise like this not so much.

One of the biggest problems I had with Robin in the Forever and B&R films was that he wasn’t a teenager. He looked over 20 years old. It never made any sense for Batman to take in an adult as his ‘ward’ or whatever. And considering how close Nolan stays with the mythology of Batman, I don’t see him doing such a drastic change as to making Dick Grayson an adult or a detective.

The only way I’d be okay with them introducing Robin in this film series is if he never appears in the film Robin. Since this is the last film of the Nolan franchise, Bruce meets that kid (and he has to be a kid, so it makes sense that he gets adopted by Bruce) at some point in the film, and takes an interest in him and maybe saves him in the manner he saved Rachel in previous movies or something.

At the end of the film, Bruce takes the boy in legally and agrees to train him like he was trained by Ra’s Al Ghul. Dick maybe already has the nickname “Robin” from his mother who called him that after he was born on the first day of Spring. The movie ends with the implication that one day Dick becomes a hero like Bruce, creating a sort of book end effect with the first film about becoming something greater. A legacy in the making.

BUT we don’t ever see him in costume or being a super-hero.

And with that, the franchise would end a high and hopeful note for the characters.

But considering how much Bale and Nolan say they don’t want to see Robin in the films in any manner…

the robin cave could be just nolan trying to play coy and mean bat cave. though jgl could indeed be playing robin. since it would be a natural fit for batman to wind up with robin even on film. we just have to wait and see what Nolan has up his sleeve.

‘Nolan likes to stick close to the source material’? Funny, I don’t really recall Batman agreeing or declaring he was going to take the blame for murders he didn’t commit in the books.

Nolan could make Robin soar (or rise).

I’m afraid to get my hopes up given the fact this rumor has come and gone. But I think this is one of the best things that could happen to the franchise. This would change the tone of the film and guarantee a unique ending. If anyone could make a dynamic duo plausible and believable Nolan could.

Most of the things Nolan and Bale said occurred way before they even knew they would be back for a third film. In the Dark Knight, Nolan proved that Bruce was willing to take partners with his relationship with Harvey Dent. Since then Heath Ledger provided the “Nolan-verse” a much needed dose of dramatic credibility. Bale proved to be an excellent flawed mentor in the fighter. Nolan proved he could he could inspire young adventurers (Ellen Page and JPL) with Inception. And for the third film, Nolan decided to give Batman a villain who (in the comic) disabled him. All of these events build a nest (or cave) for Robin.

As for logistics, I have no idea other than I believe in Nolan to iron out all of the continuity problems. So what if Robin enters as an older teen or young adult. Reality wise, acrobat or not, I don’t know many 12 or 13 year olds who can physically challenge adult criminals. The appearance of Dick Grayson, pre-Robin would be enough for me. If anyone could erase the on going speculation that there was something “unspeakable” about the Dynamic duo’s relationship, Nolan could.

To be honest its still just rumour and I doubt somewhat that Robin will be included as the films are set early in the Batman mythology. Plus you seem to be forgetting that JGL might have a cameo role the reports claim he will “appear“ in the film thats different from being involved actually in the film. I think he might be someone like Harvey Bullock or the new DA. Or if he is a villian maybe someone in the mob or a minor villian who comes early on in the beginning and is killed off early-midway through or someone who emerges in the climax- end of the film who gets away and is the villian for the newly “risen“ redeemed Batman to fight at the end. But thats just me :)

I could see something where at the very end of the movie, in an epilogue, they show a scene with the Flying Graysons or something. A little nod to the end of Batman’s early years, and a way to hand off the baton to someone for the next arc.

Otherwise, there’s no way Robin as currently constituted fits into Nolan’s Batman. The costume alone just won’t work (and really would never work in any serious Batman film attempting to show crimefighters stealthily in the night). Maybe they just take the liberty and introduce him a little older and as Nightwing.

As dragonreborn mentions, that was Jimmy Olsen. There WERE alleged plans for a black Robin, though. As I recall, one of the Wayans brothers was allegedly going to be a very much reimagined Robin before Burton left the franchise.

Marlon Wayans was cast as Robin in Batman Returns but the part was cut. But he was signed to play him and he got paid and gets residual checks, even though he never set foot on set. Good gig!

http://io9.com/#!5330150/the-real-reason-marlon-wayans-passed-on-playing-robin

They said there wouldn’t be a Robin, but what if Nolan skips that identity and has Batman meet or create a Nightwing instead!? JGL looks more Nightwing’s age than Robin’s anyway. Hope this Nightwing has an Oracle helping him…

No to bane