Dick Grayson hasn’t had the best luck when it comes to movies. Chris O’Donnell played him in the two worst live-action Batman movies. The Dark Knight Rises had a Robin, but it wasn’t even Dick Grayson! Looks like he’ll finally get proper badass treatment in the Nightwing movie, from The Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay. McKay hasn’t started production on the movie yet, but he promised to visit Dick’s stomping grounds.

“We’ve never seen Bludhaven on screen in a movie,” McKay said in a one on one interview for The Lego Ninjago Movie which he produced. “It’s going to take place partly in Bludhaven.”

Bludhaven was the former whaling town which saw Nightwing become its guardian hero. McKay meant it had not appeared in a live-action movie. Animated films Batman and Harley Quinn and Bad Blood as well as the video game Arkham Knight included Bludhaven. Not to mention Young Justice. So Nightwing will be the first live-action Bludhaven, but will it also be across the river from Gotham City? And how does that jive with it being across the bay from Metropolis in the DCEU? Tolkien at least gave us a map y'all.

There are still plenty of DCEU movies slated before Nightwing, including The Batman solo movie, Batgirl, Aquaman and sequels to Wonder Woman and Suicide Squad. “It’s going to be something that doesn’t necessarily depend on those other movies even though there will be a relationship to the other DC movies,” McKay said.

Hope he’s told Joss Whedon, Matt Reeves, Gavin O’Connor and any other DCEU directors not to visit Bludhaven before he gets there.

Lego Batman, oddly enough, showed McKay has a great understanding of Batman’s rogues gallery. His Nightwing cred is strong too. Check out his Twitter thread on how Nightwing won over Robin haters. But, he was reluctant to name drop specific comic book arcs because he doesn’t want people hypothesizing they’ll be the basis for the Nightwing movie.

“I’m excited about getting into that and working with a character that I’ve loved since I was a kid,” McKay said. “I am a huge fan. I can’t even tell you what my favorite ones are because then people are going to think that’s the thing I’m going to do”

That may not be the answer you want, but it’s the answer you deserve. At least until pre-production begins.

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Though there have already been some rumors about casting, the director of the upcoming “Nightwing” film says the titular role has not yet been set.

In fact the search for who will play the big screen Dick Grayson is going to be a wide and expansive one with many actors being considered to play the former Batman offsider.

Filmmaker Chris McKay (“The LEGO Batman Movie”), responding to a fan on Twitter whilst prepping “Nightwing,” advised patience and re-iterated that the search will be thorough:

“No one has been cast yet. We are taking our time. We are going to cast a wide net because we need to find the perfect person. We need to get the script right. We need this movie to blow your mind.”

The film is said to heavily explore Grayson’s circus past and will feature lots of practical stunt work, meaning whoever is cast will have to be agile and capable of serious stunt work in much the way trained gymnast and “Spider-Man” actor Tom Holland is.

While the film may not have found its Dick Grayson yet, Brenton Thwaites will be playing the role in the upcoming DC TV series “Titans”.

Source: Twitter

We haven't heard much in the way of casting for Chris McKay's upcoming Nightwing solo film, but the director has been vocal about wanting an actor who would be completely devoted to the role of Dick Grayson both emotionally and physically. It would make sense that finding the right actor for Nightwing could be a bit difficult. However, could a tweet from Power Rangers star Dacre Montgomery put that to rest?

Earlier today, Stranger Things season 2 star Dacre Montgomery took to his social media accounts and posted a photo of Nightwing with nothing but an ellipses for a caption. What made things a lot more interesting was that Montgomery deleted it 20 minutes after posting it. Many actors like Tyrese Gibson and Titans very own Ryan Potter have campaigned for DC and Marvel roles in the past with very little luck, so this could easily mean nothing.

For now, the best thing to do would be to take this with a huge grain of salt. On the other hand, this might just be a young actor getting excited for a role he's landed and jumped the gun on announcing it a bit earlier than he was supposed to. We'll just have to wait and see.

Actor Lewis Tan (Deadpool 2, Into the Badlands) is on the rise in Hollywood and he has set his sights on one of DC’s most iconic characters: Dick Grayson. The actor has taken to his social media on more than one occasion to express his desire to land the role of Grayson in Chris McKay’s Nightwing and has received considerable fan support in his pursuits.