Originally Posted by
Badou
They will probably have him be Robin and then transition to Nightwing after. Like the Titans TV show did. Since I doubt the average movie goer is aware of who Nightwing is. So they have to show the transition to the new identity. Hopefully it won't be as awful as the origin on the Titans show which felt so strange.
It's just a bit odd to introduce a character in their 2nd identity already. You don't tend to see that in movies, right? They always have them in their first/starting identity. It would be like if the Marvel movies never introduced Bucky before the Winter Solider movie. Sure, Marvel changed around his character to be older than Steve for the movies over being his sidekick, but I think it was still important to have that first movie show their relationship and friendship. It wouldn't have been the same if that never happened. You give the audience time to care about these dynamics and grow with them, which I think is important.