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Congrats to Damian! I'm really happy to see that Damian will finally get the love he deserves. I just hope they get his characterization right, but if Damian is Gunn's favorite Robin, I guess I don't have to be worried, hopefully.
I hope Dick will be established as Nightwing already because Damian's grow as a character is kinda tied to him, it would feel weird if they skipped their dynamic, but of course it's possible they will take another approach to Damian altogether.
Cass might have a chance if they decide to use Cain, but I don't see a reason why the movies would need Tim or Steph. Dick has Nightwing, Jason has Red Hood, Babs has her father and Oracle (or Batgirl). I don't even think we will get to see Jason for now, they might want to wait and see how the first movies do before they commit to that storyline. If they want to take it easy and slow, they might also wait to properly introduce Babs.
Big promotion for Damian indeed. I'm surprised. Hopefully we'll get some sort of international actor for Damian, because I think he needs an accent, perhaps a mixed British-ish one. I believe he was educated like a wealthy Western aristocrat, he always clearly sounded like one given how Grant wrote him.
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This kid Zain Al Rafeea is an award-winning actor and had a blink and you miss it cameo in Eternals. He screams Damian to me.
VERY scared for Damian in live action, it could be absolutely awesome or a huge disaster. I’m glad to know, at the very least, that he’s James Gunn’s favorite Robin. Really hoping for a good outcome that will help increase Damian’s popularity!
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Live action Damian has so much potential! And "our favorite Robin, Damian Wayne, who is a little son of a bitch" is a great attitude to have from the creators. Sadly, I don't have a lot of faith in DC live action creators at the moment...well, we'll see.
I'm also curious which of the other Batfam members we'll see. I think Dick is a shoo-in, but maybe not any of the others. Like how the animated movies with Damian went.
They can focus on the father and son relationship of Bruce and Damian without ignoring Damian's relationship with Dick. Batman is supposed to have an established Batfamily, so Dick and Damian can be introduced as brothers. I still would have preferred to see Dick and Damian as Batman and Robin, but I knew that would never happen, so them just acknowledging each other as brothers will be enough for me.
Now that I think about it, I'm more curious of Batman's relationship with Superman because Superman is supposed to be younger, but Bruce has an established Batfamily and a son? This will be fun.
They've said the focus will be on the father-son relationship between Bruce and Damian. So, I really doubt they will dissapear Bruce for this movie.
Focusing on the relationship between Bruce and Damian inherently takes aways from Damian and Dick's relationship (since it wouldn't be Dick the first to give Damian a place). Not to mention that Tim may don't appear, which will make Dick the most likely character to receive Damian's hostility.