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Director Chris McKay: Nightwing Will Be A "F***ing Badass Action Movie"

One of the many DC movies currently in development is a Nightwing movie. It was also one of the movies that was left off of the logo list that went by at Comic-Con International this year, so we don't know much about it. Director Chris McKay recently spoke to Collider about what the character means to him.

"You always thought Robin was the dork and were like, 'I don't want to be like Robin. I don't want to play with Robin. I wanna play Batman.' But Robin was there as a window character for little kids like me to understand Batman's world and see into Batman's world. There's no other character in comics that went through this real-time transition. Every other character lives in a rough version of the age that they're in. Very few characters actually grow up in the comics and become something else, and go from being a boy to being an adult, and have their own life and become their own thing."

McKay also reiterated that he wants an actor that can do the stunts for the role. He doesn't want to rely too much on CGI and would like practical effects whenever possible:

"It's gonna be a fucking badass action movie with a lot of heart and emotion. It's gonna be a crazy, fun ride. Whoever gets cast as Nightwing, and any of the other actors around, are gonna go through a fucking boot camp experience because it's gonna be a lot. I'm not gonna do a lot of CG. It's gonna be all real shit. It's gonna be real stuntwork, and they're gonna need to do all of the stuff on camera and do it credibly.

For the cast and the crew, it's gonna be a visceral experience, and for the audience. It's not gonna be like a lot of these movies where there's a lot of CG and flying, and things like that. Everything he does is gonna have to be real. His superpower is being really fucking good, as a human being, at fighting and gymnastics and shit like that, so you're gonna see that on screen. It's gonna be fun!"

We don't have any information about when this movie is coming out, but it sounds like McKay has a lot of love for the character, if nothing else. Stay tuned!

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