Energy Rangers and Stranger Issues star Dacre Montgomery has followers questioning if the actor is up for the position of Batman protégé Dick Grayson aka Nightwing in Warner Brothers’ DC Cinematic Universe.

Montgomery posted an image of Nightwing — with out a caption — to his Twitter and Instagram accounts late Saturday evening. Each posts have since been deleted. Montgomery’s tweet acquired tons of of retweets and greater than a thousand likes earlier than it was eliminated.

Warner Bros. is planning to carry a solo Nightwing film to the massive display screen below The LEGO Batman Film director Chris McKay, who has recommended the film might forego a standard origin story and nonetheless check out the previous Robin “rising up” into his personal man — and his personal superhero — as Nightwing, the protector of Blüdhaven.

McKay took to Twitter in late September to announce the position has but to be forged. “We’re taking our time,” McKay wrote. “We’re going to forged a large web as a result of we have to discover the right particular person. We have to get the script proper. We want this film to blow your thoughts.”

In fact, the state of affairs might have modified in additional than a month’s time: Montgomery might have nabbed the position (helped alongside by his turns in Energy Rangers and the just lately launched and extremely well-liked Stranger Issues 2), or he may very well be throwing his hat within the ring through social media, as many actors are inclined to do in relation to extremely coveted superhero roles.

Hypothesis beforehand tied American Horror Story actor Finn Wittrock to the position.