Actress Jena Malone will reportedly play Carrie Kelly - `female" Robin - in the upcoming film `Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice".

WILX-10 News station reporter Kirk Montgomery spoke with a source at Michigan State University, where a scene involving Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) was being recently filmed.

`I've learned that the character of Robin is now female,` he said, reports variety.com.

Warner Bros. (WB) declined to comment.

Malone, who appeared in `The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,` has been seen on the WB set.

`Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice`, co-starring Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot, opens March 25, 2016.