The Tomorrow War director Chris McKay recently shared plot details from his Nightwing movie, which has been delayed by Warner Bros.
“Nightwing is still a movie that I really want to do,” McKay told Variety. “I love the character of Dick Grayson as a young adult, becoming his own kind of superhero character.” The director also revealed that his version of the film would “be a father and son story and also a revenge movie,” noting that he was “really excited” to develop that type of film. He added, “It was gonna be really primal and pared down and like a real red meat movie in the best way.”
McKay wrapped up the conversation by explaining that he doesn’t have a firm commitment yet for the film, explaining, “But I hope that it’s something that we can still make.” He concluded, “It has not been a priority these days; I’m hoping that it will become the priority soon. That’d be my favorite thing to come out of all of this stuff.”
McKay’s comments about the superhero film came shortly after he revealed in another interview that Batman wouldn’t play a big role in his Nightwing film. Specifically, McKay shared that the movie would be “like you were picking up a Nightwing comic. You’re not guaranteed Batman was going to show up, but he could show up and other people could show up, but again you’re dealing with Nightwing and that’s what I like about it.”
While it was previously announced that McKay would helm the live-action Nightwing film, the project was indefinitely delayed after Warner Bros. decided to reshuffle its DC Extended Universe schedule.
Fans of DC Comics will recall that Dick Grayson was first introduced in the comics as Batman’s sidekick Robin. After outgrowing the role, Grayson decided to make himself a separate independent hero from Batman and assumed the superhero persona of Nightwing. The Nightwing character was created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez and first appeared in Tales of the Teen Titans #44, which was released in July 1984.
While the DCEU version of Grayson has not been cast, Brenton Thwaites is currently portraying the character on the HBO Max series Titans. He will make his first appearance as Nightwing in the upcoming third season.
Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson, Anna Diop as Kory Anders, Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth, Ryan Potter as Garfield Logan, Curran Walters as Jason Todd and Conor Leslie as Donna Troy, with Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger, Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall, Joshua Orpin as Superboy, Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson, Chella Man as Jericho, Drew Van Acker as Aqualad, Esai Morales as Deathstroke, Damaris Lewis as Blackfire, Savannah Welch as Barbara Gordon, Jay Lycurgo as Tim Drake and Iain Glen as Bruce Wayne. Season 3 premieres Aug. 12 on HBO Max.
Source: Variety
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