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.Okay.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 type of perpetually stays inside an age vary. All these different characters–Reed Richards’ greying temples are all the time 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 several other variations of his personal issues.”
Nightwing was launched in Superman #158 again in 1963. On the time, he was merely an alternate id 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 id in 1985, impressed by the legend of a Kryptonian vigilante.
“Lots of people who adopted comedian books after they had been youngsters really grew up with Robin. And so they may need even not favored 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 type of get into the Batman world,” McKay mentioned. “For me, that is nice purple meat, as a result of that was my expertise rising up with him.”
McKay hesitated to say extra, citing the “DC snipers” pointing proverbial purple dots at his brow.
“The issue is, actually something you say–if I even reference you recognize, like, ‘Nightwing 12 months 1 did this factor’–then it is like, ‘Oh, they are going to do the Nightwing 12 months 1 story!'” he mentioned.
Greedy for one thing additional McKay may be capable to touch upon, we requested him whether or not he’d wish to sort out Nightwing’s origin story on the large display screen.
“Yeah, completely,” he mentioned.
“How we method that story, and inform that story, that is stepping 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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