With the news breaking earlier that Joss Whedon has stepped down from making the Batgirl movie at Warners, we can add that another big member of the Bat Family will also not be appearing any time soon.
Nightwing.
Yes, The LEGO Movie director Chris McKay has entered talks with Paramount to direct the Dungeons & Dragons movie, which will be part of their big new shared universe series (here) written by Michael Gillio.
It seems that Warners have been deciding on how big a priority Nightwing was and it seems it’s not that big a one: With Nightwing less of a priority for Warner Bros., McKay found himself with an open slot, and Paramount made a play for him to direct Dungeons & Dragons — an idea that the director has sparked to, according to sources.
With the news that the Joker standalone is likely to film soon (here) and with Batgirl now in trouble, we have to question if the DC Cinematic is really in the trouble we hope it isn’t
Source: Variety and The Tracking Board
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