From the moment we caught a glimpse of a defaced Robin costume in the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it was assumed by fans that Zack Snyder had chosen to incorporate elements of A Death in the Family into the backstory of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight – namely, the death of the Boy Wonder at the hands of The Joker.
Well, speaking to IGN, Snyder has confirmed that the Clown Prince of Crime is indeed responsible for the death of Robin, while he also touched upon how the murder of his young partner has shaped the DCEU incarnation of the Batman.
“In my mind it was that Robin had died about ten years earlier during some run in with a young Joker, so there was a fun backstory to play with there,” states Snyder. “I felt that the whole idea was that there had been loss and there had been sacrifice. In a weird way he sacrificed everything to be Batman. He doesn’t really have a life outside the cave. I thought that including a dead Robin would help us understand that he’s been on quite a journey.”
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Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is out now and sees Zack Snyder directing a cast that includes returning Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill (Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Laurence Fishburne (Perry White), Harry Lennix (General Swanwick), Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent) and Christina Wren (Carrie Farris) alongside Ben Affleck (Argo) as Batman, Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) as The Flash, Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) as Alfred Pennyworth, Holly Hunter (The Piano) as Senator Finch, Tao Okamoto (The Wolverine) as Mercy Graves, Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead) as Martha Wayne, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) as Thomas Wayne, Scoot McNairy (Argo) as Wallace Keefe and Callan Mulvey (300: Rise of an Empire) as Anatoli Knyazev.
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Originally published March 31, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
