WB plotting 'Nightwing' movie with Chris McKay (Lego Batman)

[Brandeezy]

Warner Bros. Plotting 'Nightwing' Movie With 'Lego Batman Movie' Director (Exclusive)

Warner Bros. is plotting a new DC superhero film based on the Batman-centric character Nightwing.

Chris McKay, who most recently directed the Lego Batman Movie for Warner Bros., is in negotiations to helm the new film, and Bill Dubuque (The Accountant) is writing the script.

Nightwing, aka dikk Grayson, is perhaps best known for being the original Robin. Grayson was the youngest member of a family of acrobats known as the "Flying Graysons." He was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, and first introduced in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940. After his parents were murdered, he was taken in as the legal ward of Bruce Wayne/Batman. He then became Robin and teamed up with Dark Knight on many an adventure to fight crime in the city of Gotham.

Grayson famously shed his persona in the 1980s as the character aged up, and became the leader of the Teen Titans. (In the DC Universe, a succession of young men took on the mantle of Robin while Nightwing became a popular character in his own right, headlining his own comics and appearing in animated movies.)

McKay has already directed a film with dikk Grayson in it: The character appeared in the LEGO Batman Movie, as Robin, and was voiced by Michael Cera.

The character of Robin has yet to officially appear in the new Warner Bros. movies, although his graffiti-covered suit was shown in Batman v. Superman, and director Zack Snyder has said that at that point in time Robin had been killed by the Joker (there have been multiple Robins over the years in the comics, and Snyder did not say which one was killed by the Joker in his film). It's unclear where this new Nightwing story will fit in on the timeline.

The Nightwing project joins Warner Bros.' growing DC Extended Universe as the studio focuses on mining some of DC's most beloved characters for new films (as an example, Gotham City Sirens, with David Ayer attached to direct, will focus on the female villains of the universe, including Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn). The next films to hit theaters include Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot (June 2), the star-studded Justice League (Nov. 17) and Aquaman starring Jason Momoa (Oct. 5, 2018). A sequel to Suicide Squad, The Batman starring Ben Affleck, a Shazam film, a Flash film and a Cyborg project are also in the works.

McKay made his feature film directorial debut with the hit animated superhero comedy The Lego Batman Movie, which has earned $182.4 million to date after hitting theaters on Feb. 21. He previously worked on The LEGO Movie as an animation co-director, and has also directed three seasons of series Robot Chicken. He's repped by UTA, Rise Management and Morris Yorn.

Along with The Accountant (which starred current Batman Ben Affleck), Dubuque previously wrote The Judge and A Family Man. He’s repped by CAA, Zero Gravity Management and Bloom Hergott.

Batman Universe

 

[Swiggy]

If WW is adds to DC Earth L, then just go with a Batman Universe moving forward. Gotdammit, just do something

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I wonder if it will include flashbacks of him as Robin? Doubt it. lol

 

[Bigbigguy]

The Batman
Green Lantern Corps
Shazam
Black Adam
Justice League
Suicide Squad
Gotham City Sirens
The Flash
Aquaman
Deadshot solo movie
Justice League Dark
Wonder Woman
Man of Steel sequel

and now Nightwing Jesus WB/DC need to chill out

 

[Jello Biafra]

Was wondering when they were going to look at making a Night wing movie. With Batman already being in business for 2 decades it means Grayson is already a fully formed veteran hero himself.
Set this shyt in Bludhaven and let Grayson cook.

 

[Brandeezy]

Maybe Nightwing takes the cowl?

 

[Conz]

The Batman
Green Lantern Corps
Shazam
Black Adam
Justice League
Suicide Squad
Gotham City Sirens
The Flash
Aquaman
Deadshot solo movie
Justice League Dark
Wonder Woman
Man of Steel sequel

and now Nightwing Jesus WB/DC need to chill out

most of this is cool... on paper. they really need to release an actual good movie first for people to really get amped for all of these.

Still wanna see Aquaman more than anyother non JL movie.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Warner Bros. Plotting Live-Action 'Nightwing' Movie With 'Lego Batman Movie' Director (Exclusive)

Chris McKay will helm a film based on the DC character dikk Grayson, best known as a member of the Batman family.


Warner Bros. is plotting a new DC superhero film based on the Batman-centric character Nightwing.

Chris McKay, who most recently directed The Lego Batman Movie for Warner Bros., is in negotiations to helm the new live-action film, and Bill Dubuque (The Accountant) is writing the script.

Didn't see this coming at all. Big day for them

Also as a companion article

Why 'Nightwing' Might Signal a Change in Direction for DC's Cinematic Universe

So of course the question is who should play nightwing?

 

[MartyMcFly]

Also this, much like green lantern corp, feels like a Johns move

 

[MartyMcFly]

My bad homie I made the thread too. @hex can you delete mine?

This feels like a johns move much like gl corp

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

Is this to replace the Flash movie? because I see that slowly dying

 

[MartyMcFly]

Is this to replace the Flash movie? because I see that slowly dying

@hex can you merge this? I made a boo boo lol

But nah i don't think its to replace that. I think this is something Johns wants and his moves as he starts to lay down what he wants to do and how he wants to do it

 

[Mr210]

I was just talking to my gf how there needs to be either a night wing TV show or movie

 

[Jax]

@hex can you merge this? I made a boo boo lol

But nah i don't think its to replace that. I think this is something Johns wants and his moves as he starts to lay down what he wants to do and how he wants to do it

Tag me nikka :birdmagneto:

 

[Bathing Ape]

They planning this just in case ben leaves, they'll already have a batman ready