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The day I have dreamed of

So, for those of you who haven’t heard, Warner Brothers seems to be starting the process to create a live action Nightwing movie for the DCEU. As a lot of you can probably guess from my user name (littlenightwing) I am a huge Nightwing (really Dick Grayson) fan. He is my all time favourite character. Ever. So yeah, I am fucking pumped.

Dick Grayson is such a huge part of the DC universe, and even comics in general. He’s one of the, if not the, first side-kick in comics and was the second (and often more ignored) half of the original dynamic duo. He has lead the teen titans (and titans I think), been a member of the justice league, and even had a run as Batman for a while. I really don’t think I can oversell how huge he is in the universe. And yet, outside of comic fans, most people have probably never heard of Nightwing/Dick.

My hope for this movie is mostly just that they don’t ruin his character. No movie is perfect and, to be honest, a lot of the comics the movie could be based off of are FAR from perfect. But I just want him to be recognizable as himself. Basically, I don’t want a Batman movie but with Nightwing, or a light-hearted comedy movie either. I want them to portray him as he’s generally shown in comics: a lighter “version” of Batman that emphasizes the people in his life, excels in leadership, is more acrobatic and hopeful. I also hope they don’t make him too much of a womanizer :/

Luckily, I think we have a pretty good shot at getting the Dick Grayson we need. In the talk about starting the movie, WB is looking at getting Chris McKay to direct. This is super encouraging because McKay was the director of The Lego Batman Movie, which was amazing to watch (@marvelandponder fangirled about it last week here) and felt like a loving parody of the characters.

For example, Robin ripping of the pants to make his uniform more like the classic version had me in stitches. Now, obviously, if the Nightwing movie had the same feel as a lego movie, we would have a problem, but it does show that McKay directed a movie that pulled off an adorable Dick Grayson that can make fun of the character while still respecting him.

Luckily though, we also have proof that McKay knows how to be serious and make things that can rip your heart out. When freaking out with Marvel over the new information, she informed me that McKay has also directed some episodes of Robot Chicken and Moral Orel, both of which are much more mature, graphic and in the case of Moral Orel, incredibly dark and sad.

We have been lucky enough to see some great (and not-so-great) versions of Dick Grayson in animation, but have yet to have a really good version of him in live action (bat-nipples *shudders*). Hopefully DC can learn from the mistakes of the past and finally make the Nightwing movie I am dying to see.

Another bonus of making a Nightwing movie is the possibility to get into even more Batfam characters! I would LOVE to see Oracle showing up in the movie, or really any of the rest of the fam. It’s unlikely we will get everyone (it is a surprisingly large family) but I’m excited for anyone and everyone who makes an appearance.

How the plot is set up right now, it would make sense for the solo Batman movie to introduce Tim Drake (since Jason is presumably dead) to help make Batman less of the murder-ish person he is now. Plus it would set up the role of Robin very well and help set up the Nightwing movie.

I am so excited by all the possibilities and hope that at least some of them come to fruition.