11 Predictions For DC’s 2 Mystery Comic Book Movies

9. Nightwing

Joseph Gordon Levitt Nightwing
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For too long, Warner Bros have ignored the appeal of the wider Bat Family (aside from a planned spin-off starring Chris O€™Donnell that died with Batman Unchained), and it€™s time to right those wrongs. It€™s time they sorted that out.

Nightwing still represents the best option: he's grittier than Robin, works better for a spin-off (he doesn't need Batman, because narratively he wants to operate autonomously) and is incredibly cool in his own right.

It's still frustrating that Nolan's trilogy set up the perfect foundation for a Nightwing movie with Joseph Gordon-Levitt that is now impossible, but it wouldn't take too much to establish Nightwing in the wake of the inevitable Batman stand-alone (particularly if they go for the Red Hood angle).

Probability: 2/10

Whether it€™s likely pales into insignificance next to how much it€™s necessary. Unfortunately though, Batman v Superman has apparently tightened Warners€™ focus to €œsafer€ movies, and throwing in a non top-line hero might be deemed too much of a gamble at this stage.

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