Another film set in the world of Batman is heading to theaters.
This one is unique. Entitled Dynamic Duothe focus will be on two different characters who served as robin over the years: Dick Grayson (Batman’s original sidekick) and Jason Todd (Dick’s replacement after he exited the role, who was later “killed” by the Joker and later returned as the darker vigilante known as the Red Hood). In an additional twist, the film will be animated in stop-motion with puppets from the company Swaybox.
The project was announced by the co-CEO of DC Studios james gunn who wrote on social media that he was “very excited to announce the newest DC Studios/Warner Bros Pictures Animation film greenlit 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, from a script by the wonderfully talented Matt Aldrich.”
“This is something special,” Gunn added.
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You can see some of Swaybox’s work in this behind-the-scenes clip about the production of a recent Super Bowl commercial that featured their puppets and animation. There is no reason to assume that the characters Dynamic Duo it will look like these NFL player puppets, but it at least gives a sense of their technology and approach to using puppets and stop-motion animation.
DC currently has several Batman film projects in various stages of development. Matt Reeves is working on the sequel to his 2022 film Batmanwhile Gunn’s team is planning a separate Batman film titled Batman and Robin which would focus on a different Dark Knight and a different Robin than any of the characters in Dynamic Duo. (That Robin would be Damian Wayne, who is Batman’s son with Talia al Ghul.) They also have The penguin it currently airs weekly on HBO and Max.
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