Why Nightwing? Why Now?

Rek still has not gotten over his joy at the news that Warner Bros. is going forward with a Nightwing movie.

 

However, there have been naysayers out there who are questioning why Nightwing and why now. For those people and numerous bloggers, Rek has this to say to you:

 

Here’s what The Lego Batman Movie director, who is going to helm this project has to say:

“Bruce Wayne, in my mind, came from privilege and I think that’s why he’s more dour and angry,. He’s self-made as far as his becoming all of these cool things we like him for. … Dick Grayson didn’t come from that. Dick Grayson came from a circus family. Essentially people who aren’t rich and they are self-made. They’re entertainers. They’re gymnasts. They’re people who live hand-to-mouth and that’s something that informs him and his attitude … he’s a fascinating guy to me, because he had all the same things happen to him. He’s got some of the same negatives as Bruce Wayne and then from a society standpoint — obviously he was adopted into Bruce Wayne’s life … but he didn’t start that way. He’s this guy who has all these negatives and then even more negatives and yet he remains … Those are things why I like Dick Grayson, why I like the idea of Nightwing as a movie.”

It sounds like McKay has a good grasp on this character and we are going to assume that we will be seeing a ton of flashbacks.

We’ll be doing our picks for who should play Nightwing later on this week!

 

~Seppin

~Rek