'The Lego Batman Movie' director Chris McKay to helm Nightwing movie for Warner Bros.

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Day by day, the DCEU continues to grow. Amidst all the chaos in the DC Comics movie universe housed at Warner Bros., The Wrap reported yesterday that Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie, Robot Chicken) is in talks to direct a standalone, live-action film based on the DC character, Nightwing.

            Nightwing is also known as Dick Grayson, the original Robin in the comics. Grayson teamed up with Batman under the moniker of Robin before setting off to be on his own in Gotham City. He later became a later of the Teen Titans while Jason Todd took over the mantle of Robin. Many have waited for years to see Nightwing to head to screens in a live-action feature film, it seems they might finally have their wish come true. Bill Dubuque (The Accountant, The Judge) will write the script for the film. Despite all the madness at Warner Bros. over the DCEU, it’s hard not to get excited over a Nightwing movie, especially for me, being that Nightwing is one of my favorite comic book characters ever.

            McKay is coming off of his feature film directorial debut with the animated superhero comedy, The Lego Batman Movie, which has been a huge hit with audiences. The movie has earned $182.4 million thus far and now that he’s familiar with the DC property, I think he’ll doa great job with this film if he signs on.