DC Films news: new Robin film “Dynamic Duo” announced

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Gunn Sets DC’s Dual Robin Film “Dynamic Duo”

By Garth Franklin

Tuesday, October 1st 2024 3:56 pm

DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has announced “Dynamic Duo,” a new theatrical release animated film being produced by Warner Bros Pictures Animation.

The project follows the early days of Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, aka the Robins, and marks the first joint project between DC Studios and WBPA and is being scripted by Matthew Aldrich.

A new animation studio out of New Orleans named Swaybox, and that studio’s husband-and-wife creators Arthur Mintz and Theresa Andersson, are handling the animation. Mintz, who was a contributing writer on the Emmy-winning “Lost Ollie”, will direct.

Swaybox uses a technology known as ‘Momo animation,’ which is a cross between CGI animation, practical elements of stop-motion, and live-action real-time performance.

This results in “long-form storytelling billed as visually breathtaking, dynamically expressive and more human.” Gunn, Peter Safran, Andersson, and Matt Reeves produce.

Reeves says in a statement: “I have wanted to make a film with Arthur and Swaybox for many years, and for that film to be Dynamic Duo, an incredibly special and unique Batman and Robin story for families, is a dream.”

The film won’t be connected to Reeves’ “The Batman” universe.

James Gunn posted on Twitter/X:

Over the moon excited to announce the newest DC Studios/Warner Bros Pictures Animation greenlit film for theaters, DYNAMIC DUO, the story of Robin… or should I say, Robins, as in Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. The first feature film from the visionary Swaybox, a mix of animation, puppetry, and CGI, a script from the wonderfully talented Matt Aldrich, produced with our partners at Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho. This is something special.