DYNAMIC DUO Gets An Impressive New Writing Team; New Story Details Revealed For Elseworlds Movie

DYNAMIC DUO Gets An Impressive New Writing Team; New Story Details Revealed For Elseworlds Movie

DC Studios and Swaybox's Dynamic Duo has tapped an impressive writing duo to rewrite the movie's screenplay, and with that news comes some additional story details for what's now an Elseworlds tale...

By JoshWilding - Sep 06, 2025 05:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: The Wrap

DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have repeatedly said that they want to tell as many different types of stories in and around the DCU as possible. Among the most intriguing is Swaybox's animated Dynamic Duo

Announced last October, the movie is expected to be as big a game-changer for DC in animation as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was for Marvel and Sony. A new writing duo has just been tapped to rewrite the script, and with that news comes some additional story details. 

According to The Wrap, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber are now working on Dynamic Duo. The writing team is best known for penning Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer and earned an Academy Award nomination for The Disaster Artist. They also count Daisy Jones & the Six and Rosaline among their credits. 

The trade reveals that the movie, which "is a combination of miniatures, models, puppetry, animatronics and computer animation," will revolve around Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, who have both taken on the mantle of Robin as Batman's sidekick in this story. 

That's a major departure from the comic books, so you'll likely be relieved to learn that Dynamic Duo "will take place in a separate timeline from his films starring Robert Pattinson and, as we understand it, outside of the current DC Universe canon." 

That arguably makes much more sense than treating this as a "prequel" to The Brave and the Bold, a movie expected to revolve around Bruce Wayne training his son, Damian, as Robin (which itself suggests Batman has already protected Gotham City alongside Dick, Jason, and Tim Drake). 

In the comics, Dick was the first one to hold that mantle before leaving Batman's side to become Nightwing. He was taken in as Bruce Wayne's ward after his parents, acrobats the Flying Graysons, were killed by gangsters.

As for Jason, Batman found him attempting to steal one of the Batmobile's wheels and took the boy under his wing. Jason was never the obedient son Dick was, and ended up being killed by The Joker. However, he'd later rise from the dead as the violent vigilante Red Hood. They were never Robin at the same time. 

Earlier this year, DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn suggested there may be a way to make Dynamic Duo "canon" somewhere down the line.

"There might be a way it might fit into the DCU," he teased. "I would love for this animated puppet movie to be a part of the DCU. That's really appealing to me, but the story is unique, and so it may not work within our universe."

Dynamic Duo is set to be released in theaters on June 30, 2028.

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EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 9/6/2025, 5:10 AM
Didn't even know this was a thing.
Gambito
Gambito - 9/6/2025, 5:17 AM
I love the concept and it’s so great to have a robin(s) movie but that should be enough, the whole animation meets miniatures and puppets sound very gimmicky to me but tbf the animation department at Wb always delivers so I guess we’ll see?
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 9/6/2025, 5:20 AM
This [frick]ing ElseWorlds banner.

[frick]s sake Gunn

Do we really need it, [frick]s sake?

Why couldnt you [frick]ing leave it on DC.

This better [frick]ing work.

For [frick]s sake
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 9/6/2025, 5:32 AM
On a further [frick]ing positive note, it does sound visually ambitious and creatively bold, I’ll give Gunn that. [frick]ing puppets, animatronics, miniatures, CGI?

That’s a whole buffet. But the real question is: how deep does this go? Are we getting novelty for novelty’s sake, or something that genuinely adds emotional weight to the legacy of Dick and Jason? Because reinventing the timeline is risky, especially when you’re dealing with characters who never shared the Robin title in canon.

Let’s hope it’s more Into the Spider-Verse and less style over substance.

For [frick]s Sake
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/6/2025, 5:57 AM
Cool , Neustadter & Weber certainly have a nice track record (for the most part) given the films & shows they have done but they still seem like an odd duo to take this on given their films have tended to usually be in the romantic drama/comedy space.

However they have worked on some films that have a coming of age component to them such as The Spectacular Now & The Fault in Our Stars which could work for a story about Dick & Jason both being Robins at the same time that has this apparent synopsis…

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐮𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐮𝐨."

I have heard that the orphan thieves angle was fake or an idea from the prior script that’s no longer there so I wonder what the direction is now if the concept has somewhat changed so we’ll see (going by the details provided now , they both will already be Batman’s Robins at the start of the film rather then build to one of them seemingly becoming that which is interesting).

Anyway , I also think this is the only cbm right now announced for 2028 right?.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 9/6/2025, 7:24 AM
@TheVisionary25 - a bromance Robin movie could work
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 9/6/2025, 6:03 AM
So we'll have 3 versions of Batman spanning 3 universes? This will probably get a few sequels too right?

Suuuurrrreee.

Good plan.

Personally I don't care, but I'd rather have one Batman get all the success than dividing it among 3 parallel Batmen (and Robins).
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 9/6/2025, 7:31 AM
He's trying different things. That doesn't equate to bad idea. I'm hoping it sets a new standard for entertainment, like Smiling Friends. The trailer will likely make or break this one.

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