Dylan O'Brien Responds To DC Movie Nightwing Casting Rumors

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Dylan O'Brien responds to the rumors about him being cast as Dick Grayson in a potential DC movie version of Nightwing. The DCEU is not stopping anytime soon as the franchise is continuing to build out its universe, adding more heroes and villains from the comics. With upcoming DC movies like Black Adam, The Flash, Aquaman 2, and more, Warner Bros.'s DC cinematic universe is also expanding onto streaming service HBO Max, with new releases like Peacemaker and Batgirl. Even though many iconic characters have jumped from panel to screen, there are still multiple players fans are hoping to see join the DCEU.

As many DC movies have come and gone, there have also been projects that started being developed before eventually getting quietly shelved. One of them was a Nightwing movie that was being worked on by director Chris McKay back in February 2017. While a script had been written, updates eventually stopped coming out, as McKay revealed that the project had been put on hold as Warner Bros. and DC were looking at other priorities. Despite no movement on the feature film, it hasn't stopped rumors from circulating, including O'Brien being up for the Nightwing part in the DCEU.

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For the time being, it has remained unclear if Nightwing is even on his way to the DCEU and who would play him. Now, O'Brien has come out with an interesting response to those reports that may disappoint some fans. Reported by Post Cred Pod, The Maze Runner star clarified that he has never heard anything official in terms of the superhero role. However, O'Brien did at some point discover that rumors were circulating about him being cast as Nightwing, going as far as checking with his