The director of the upcoming live-action Nightwing film is not but at liberty to say a lot about it. However, whereas selling The Lego Ninjago Film, Chris McKay spoke with GameSpot about why he loves the character Dick Grayson–A.Ok.A. Nightwing.
“I believe that this character is so distinctive within the historical past of comics, as a result of no different character actually grows up,” McKay defined. “Spider-Man form of perpetually stays inside an age vary. All these different characters–Reed Richards’ greying temples are at all times that. Robin grew up from being a child and dealing with Batman, after which leaving Batman, after which going off and changing into his personal factor and a number of other variations of his personal issues.”
Nightwing was launched in Superman #158 again in 1963. On the time, he was merely an alternate identification for Superman when Clark Kent was stranded on an alien planet. The hero’s most well-known incarnation is former Batman sidekick Dick Grayson, who assumed the identification in 1985, impressed by the legend of a Kryptonian vigilante.
“Lots of people who adopted comedian books once they have been children really grew up with Robin. They usually might need even not appreciated him within the beginning–because it was like, ‘I like Batman, he is the cool one, not this dork.’ [Robin] was made as this window character for youths to kind of get into the Batman world,” McKay stated. “For me, that is nice crimson meat, as a result of that was my expertise rising up with him.”
McKay hesitated to say extra, citing the “DC snipers” pointing proverbial crimson dots at his brow.
“The issue is, actually something you say–if I even reference you realize, like, ‘Nightwing 12 months 1 did this factor’–then it is like, ‘Oh, they will do the Nightwing 12 months 1 story!'” he stated.
Greedy for one thing additional McKay may have the ability to touch upon, we requested him whether or not he’d wish to sort out Nightwing’s origin story on the large display.
“Yeah, completely,” he stated.
“How we strategy that story, and inform that story, that is moving into in all probability what I can not completely reply proper now,” he continued. “However [Ozark creator and The Accountant writer] Invoice Dubuque’s writing the script, and he’s superior. I can say that.”
The Nightwing film has no anticipated launch date simply but, however keep tuned to GameSpot Universe and you may know extra as quickly as we do.
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