Jul 2, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Christian Bale Says That His Batman Won't Ever Team Up with Robin

When someone says 'Batman' people almost immediately think of his teen sidekick, Robin. However, according to WENN Christian Bale wants his version of the Dark Knight, as seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight to remain without a sidekick.

Bale has gone on record as saying that he hopes that Robin is kept out of future Batman movies, because once the Boy-Wonder shows up, he'll be done. "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work."

Robin may not be seen on the big screen again anytime soon, but you can see Batman again when The Dark Knight hits theatres July 18, 2008.

The Dark Knight was released July 18th, 2008 and stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.


Sources: WENN

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Comments (107)

  1. Radimus-83

    WHAT?!?! ...... f*ck you Travis!! i haven't got that far with cilvil war, thanks a f*cking lot!

    I'm in Ireland, we're way behind when it comes to the comics!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  2. T.Clark

    Wow, i'm 15 and know who bucky is lol He recently came back as the new Captain america

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  3. Radimus-83

    "Bucky"... was one of Capt America's friends during the war that kind off ended up becoming his side-kick.

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  4. CBF

    Yes well this makes sense. If you read the first few years of Batman's early career you will find characters like Scarecrow, Carmine Falcone, Salvatore Maroni, Harvey Dent/ Two-Face, The Joker, Ra's al Ghul, Henri Ducard and others. Especially taking in consideration reading Year One, Man Who Laughs, Long Halloween, and Dark Victory back-to-back. Case in point with the movies: Gordon is still a lieutenant, and hasn't even been christened as Commissioner of the city yet. So right there we know it is still at a way early point in Batman's career. If BB was Year One, TDK is Year 2-3. I know that Two-Face is setup in TDK to transition into a #3, and Robin is introduced in Dark Victory, but Bruce/Batman has got to get over his internal struggle first and clean up the crime bosses off the streets of Gotham before they could think about introducing Dick Grayson. He comes at a later point, like in a movie #4, being the last one, or a last one being #5, where he turns into Nightwing and Gordon's adopted daughter Barbara becomes Batgirl (not some silly story about Alfred's niece or whatever - sorry, B&R totally blew).

    4 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag

  5. Err

    yeah, how long have i been out of the loop.
    who the hell is bucky?

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  6. artkid04

    who the hell is bucky???

    4 years agoby @artkid04Flag

  7. Radimus-83

    then why say it? ya know, i really hate you!!

    no wait,...... i loath you! lol

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  8. T.Clark

    I didn't mean that he's actually gay, but if u think robin's gay then u must think buckey's gay...but not me, buckey and robin r cool :)

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  9. Radimus-83

    OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!! are you referring to bucky as in Capt's bucky?

    you better not be Trav!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  10. T.Clark

    All u guys can say to bash robin is that "he's gay." Wow, ur all a bright bunch. At least i gave reasons for why he's an important aspect in batman's history, even if i don't want to see him in this series. But, just for the record, robin's far from "gay." With that logic, Bucky is gay.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  11. CARNAGE

    I jus think Robin should never be in the new Batman Franchise. I think he'd destory the darkness in Begins and Dark Knight.

    4 years agoby @critic500Flag

  12. Solar XI

    I think everybody established that Robin is a tag-along f*git ass "hero"

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  13. moviefreakydeaky

    Think about it. Robin. What a gay-ass superhero f*g name. Robin. Ha! It would be no different if Batman had a sidekick named Tweety Bird.

    4 years agoby @moviefreakydeakyFlag

  14. moviefreakydeaky

    Please don't put a f*ggy gay ass Robin in this new and awesome Batman franchise!

    4 years agoby @moviefreakydeakyFlag

  15. The Dark Knight

    so does this confirm a new film

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  16. Christianbitch-uglya

    What the f*ck is Robin's role besides being a gay sidekick? Good CB doesn't want him.

    4 years agoby @christianbitch-uglyaFlag

  17. Kenzel

    I would like to see Jim Carey as the next JOKER tho... I really don't care about Robin that much I think the movie is getting too serious for another tights to join force.

    4 years agoby @kenzelFlag

  18. Buriblazing

    I think the robin storyline could work if robin starts

    as a small boy adopted by batman an trained. then

    becoming nightwing and done as a spinoff to batman movies.

    4 years agoby @buriblazingFlag

  19. Mexicool

    Thank God

    4 years agoby @mexicoolFlag

  20. Solar XI

    batman forever and batman & robin were directed by joel schumacher guy he just sucks just look at The Number 23

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  21. T.Clark

    The director of those movies wasn't chris nolan either, vincent

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  22. Stiles

    Robin is super gay.

    4 years agoby @stilesFlag

  23. CARNAGE

    I think Batman Forever and Batman And Robin were terrible and those are the only two batman movies that he had sidekicks in.

    4 years agoby @critic500Flag

  24. Mieko_Siede

    I don't blame Christian Bale. Robin doesn't fit in the tone of these movies. This Bruce Wayne is not equipped to play anyone's foster parent, nor is does this Batman seem patient enough to have an understudy. I could see him getting older and training someone to take his place.

    4 years agoby @mieko-siedeFlag

  25. DuDisNow

    Please don't have Robin in the next film(s). This is called the 'The Batman Begins Saga' or something, where he's first starting out.

    4 years agoby @dudisnowFlag

  26. Lone Wolf

    THANK GOD FOR THAT!!

    4 years agoby @54729Flag

  27. Solar XI

    Its up to the filmmakers, we are just "commenters" or critics however u wanna look at it

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  28. T.Clark

    I don't want to see robin in this series just like the next guy, but i think u guys r missing how important robin is to batman history. U have to remember, when robin was created, batman wasn't this dark avenger that we all know today. He was dressed in gray tights, and blue cape; he didn't necessarily scream "dark vigilante." If anything, he was more comical than vigilant in his golden age tactics of crimefighting.

    Also, it makes sense for batman to have a sidekick in the comics. Batman's parents were murdered, and he vowed to never let that happen to neone again. BUT, then dick grayson's parents were killed. Logically, batman feels it's his duty to train robin in avenging his parents deaths in the same way he trained himself. A perfect interpretation of this is Frank Miller's "All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder" which delves perfectly into Batman's mentality for wanting a sidekick, not to mention the interactions between the 2 r hilarious; "I'm the goddamn batman." ha IF robin ever came to the big screen again alongside batman, this would be the book to adapt. If he doesn't, there's a teen titans movie under way, neways

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  29. Solar XI

    Didnt matter in the 90s series.

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  30. TheJoker4492

    Robin never really fit the BAtman bill, here's this man who has been emotionally scarred by the death of his parents and feels the need to avenge them by dressing up as a bat and waging a one man war against the crime in the most corrupt city ever...and he has a teenaged boy in short shorts named after a bird to help him? WTF?

    4 years agoby @thejoker4492Flag

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