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Nightwing is getting his own Batman spin-off

But who will play him? Credit: DC Entertainment
But who will play him? Credit: DC Entertainment

It’s official – Nightwing is getting a solo film.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the long-time Batman sidekick Dick Grayson will star in his very own DC superhero flick… with ‘Lego batman Movie’ director at the helm.

“Warner Bros. is plotting a new DC superhero film based on the Batman-centric character Nightwing,” they revealed. “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.”

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But who is Nightwing?

Dick Grayson is perhaps best known as the original Robin – Batman’s long-time sidekick throughout the comic books. Grayson was the youngest member of a family of acrobats, known as the ‘Flying Graysons’… and while we’ve seen the character appear before, in Joel Schumacher’s ‘Batman Forver’, he’s yet to appear in DC’s current cinematic universe.

That is, until now.

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

Dick Grayson as Nightwing - Credit: DC Entertainment
Dick Grayson as Nightwing – Credit: DC Entertainment

Does this mean we’ll see Nightwing appear in the upcoming Batman solo movie?

It’s certainly a possibility… and it’s long been rumoured that we would see Dick Grayson appearing in his Nightwing costume alongside Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight. But for now, it remains a bit of a mystery.

After all, the character of Robin is yet to appear in the new Warner Bros. superhero movies, except for a brief glimpse of his vandalised, graffiti-covered costume that we saw in ‘Batman V Superman’. Director Zack Snyder confirmed that at some point, Robin had been killed by the Joker.

But which Robin was killed remains to be seen.

Will the Nightwing movie give us a glimpse of a long-defeated hero? For now, we have to wait and see. Either way, it looks as though he’s coming to the big screen.

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