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As the Comic-Con trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice revealed, Robin exists in this new DC cinematic universe. Or did exist since we see his costume, riddled with taunting graffiti, hanging in the Batcave, presumably because Joker killed him.

But will we actually see the Boy Wonder on the big screen?According to Heroic Hollywood , we will and they also claim to know who plays him.The site reports that BvS director Zack Snyder's 19-year-old son, Eli Snyder, portrays Robin in a flashback depicting his death at the hands of Jared Leto's Joker."Eli Snyder is quite the athlete. He is 6'0" and weighs 174 pounds. As the starting quarterback, Eli put up good stats at Maranatha High Varsity Football. Watching Eli's senior highlight reel, he certainly has the youth, athleticism, and physicality to be Robin in real life!," says Heroic Hollywood, which also posted the photo below of Eli Snyder.

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The young Snyder is no stranger to being in his dad's movies having previously played little Leonidas in 300 and young Rorschach in Watchmen as well as a solider in Sucker Punch.BvS set photographer Clay Enos shared Zack Snyder's Instagram photo below of him with his son Eli. The caption coyly hinted at the aforementioned casting rumor: "Boy wonder?"