--- description: Holy casting rumors, Batman! title: Robin May Be a Woman in the Batman v Superman Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5b2f8c43119c49/698761a3e53aba1ec74d523c/456772064.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robin May Be a Woman in the _Batman v Superman_ Movie  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 20, 2014 2:45 PM CUT  Actress Jena Malone attends the New York Premiere of "St. Vincent" at the Ziegfeld Theater on October 6, 2014 in New York City Actress Jena Malone attends the New York Premiere of "St. Vincent" at the Ziegfeld Theater on October 6, 2014 in New York CityMike Pont—FilmMagic  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 20, 2014 2:45 PM CUT As if _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_ wasn’t already packed with superheroes (Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, to name a few), NBC is reporting that Robin will also be in the film—and she will be played by Jena Malone. Yep, that’s right: Robin’s a she. An extra [anonymously told](http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/279503072.html "undefined") NBC news affiliate WILX-10 that the _Hunger Games: Catching Fire_ actress is filming scenes this week with Ben Affleck, who plays Batman, and Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Lex Luthor. This could explain why Malone has lately been sporting red hair. Two weeks ago, the actress Instagrammed a pic of her new fiery locks with the caption, “Drastic times call for drastic measures.” Making Robin a woman, though, isn’t all that drastic. Zack Snyder’s _Batman v. Superman_ movie is reportedly based largely on Frank Miller’s comic _The Dark Knight Returns_, in which Batman’s sidekick is a woman named Carrie Kelley. In the comics, Kelley—obsessed with the Dark Knight—saves him from some bad guys in order to win his trust and become the new Robin. This information comes to you at a potentially high price: The extra who leaked the news could be fined a staggering $5 million after signing a non-disclosure agreement to Warner Bros. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3524495/batman-superman-robin-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3524495/batman-superman-robin-woman/"},"headline":"Robin May Be a Woman in the Batman v Superman Movie","datePublished":"2014-10-20T14:45:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:10.944Z","description":"Holy casting rumors, Batman!","url":"https://time.com/3524495/batman-superman-robin-woman/","keywords":["movies","Living","batman v superman"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5b2f8c43119c49/698761a3e53aba1ec74d523c/456772064.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5b2f8c43119c49/698761a3e53aba1ec74d523c/456772064.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"St. Vincent\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"St. Vincent\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Mike Pont—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3524495/batman-superman-robin-woman/","name":"Robin May Be a Woman in the Batman v Superman Movie"}}]}] ```