DYNAMIC DUO Leaked Concept Art Reveals Surprising New Takes On Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, And Batman

DYNAMIC DUO Leaked Concept Art Reveals Surprising New Takes On Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, And Batman

Concept art from DC Studios and Swaybox Studios' Dynamic Duo has seemingly found its way online, and it reveals the costume designs for Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, Batman, and even a possible spoiler...

By JoshWilding - May 31, 2025 04:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)

Last October, the news broke that DC Studios is teaming up with Swaybox Studios for Dynamic Duo, a movie blending animation with puppetry, which revolves around Robin and Robin: Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. 

The trades have reported that the story will explore how Grayson and Todd's friendship as youths becomes tested by their diverging ideas for their future (reports that the characters will begin as a pair of thieves were quickly debunked).

The prospect of the two Robins teaming up in their youth is odd. 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. 

Concept art for the movie appears to have leaked online today, showcasing the costume designs for the Robins. Dick looks like the classic Robin we've come to expect, while Jason has undergone a somewhat punk-inspired redesign that, thematically, has some similarities to his eventual Red Hood disguise. 

We also see a very stylised Batman standing in the doorway of Dick and Jason's shared bedroom, and a shot of Gotham City and Wayne Enterprises with the duo now in their Nightwing and Red Hood guises. Jason may still be Robin in that shot (it's hard to say), but if he is Red Hood, we'd imagine this movie will gloss over his death and resurrection.

Visually, Dyanamic Duo looks unique and stands a chance of being DC's version of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Dynamic Duo's place in the wider DCU isn't clear. Earlier this year, DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn suggested there may be a way to make the animated movie "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."

Arthur Mintz is directing Dynamic Duo, while Matthew Aldrich (Coco) penned the script. Swaybox Studios uses an innovative "Momo animation" that blends CGI, practical stop-motion elements, and live-action performances to create a new style of animation that's vastly different from what we're used to seeing on screen. 

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

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Gambito
Gambito - 5/31/2025, 5:01 AM
It’s fantastic
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:05 AM
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THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 5/31/2025, 5:04 AM
Oh [frick]ing hell.

DC has never gone [frick]ing wrong when it comes to animation.

And I'm all in for new stories, but we need successful live-action movies.

However, this does look [frick]ing different. I'm interested in a different approach, and hopefully, we can get a live-action crossover.

We trust in Gunn, so we'll just sit back and keep the [frick]ing faith.

For [frick]s Sake
Nolanite
Nolanite - 5/31/2025, 6:34 AM
@THEKENDOMAN -
For [frick]s sake can you please stop [frick]ing cursing?

It has been getting tiring of your [frick]ing [frick] and more [frick]s

Nolanite out
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 5/31/2025, 6:47 AM
@Nolanite - 😂[frick] No.

For [frick]s Sake….out!😎
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 5/31/2025, 7:51 AM
@Nolanite - Frick-Man. Or is it Frick Man? Or is it one word, Frickman? Either way, we've figured out the superhero or supervillain name.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 5/31/2025, 5:16 AM
Lame antique domino mask bullshit. I thought everything was going to fit into the Gunniverse? Regardless, they are focusing on some weird stuff to Jumpstart the brand.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:01 AM
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UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 5/31/2025, 5:51 AM
Looks kinda cool. I think fleshing out the bat family in animated form is the way to go before their live action debut. So many characters to explore and establish before they cast actors that will eventually age out in 10 to 15 years. Having already covered enough ground in animation or comic book form will leave the prime stuff to be explored in live action.

C'mon Gunn, we know you can get this right.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:17 AM
So we've got Dick and Jason both being Robin at the same time when they were young, The Flying Graysons (circus is outdated but maybe they'll modernize to be a Cirque De Soleil kinda thing) there's a Mutants poster which is a reference to The Dark Knight Returns and a 'Scare Tactics' poster which could be a Scarecrow reference. And also NIGHTWING!

Also BATMAN!

So Robert Pattison in the recording booth then?
MuadDib
MuadDib - 5/31/2025, 6:25 AM
I hope this isn’t cannon, this would completely rewrite Dicks history w/ Bruce. His time as Robin is crucial to who he is, and a testament to how skilled he becomes. Within the Batfamily he’s second to Batman for a reason. Diminishing his legacy by washing away his past would be a huge disservice to his character and the legacy he built alongside Batman.

Dick deserves so much better. That Damian will be the Robin in the first DCU Batman film is ok, as long as Dick has a long established history that can and should be explored at some point.

Jason should exist, as should Tim and Barbara etc, but don’t rewrite the past. If you’re going to lean into the fantasticalness of Batman then lean in. Enough with the grounded takes. He’s a man who runs with gods. Dick is only a few pegs below him. This should remain an elseworld story.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:24 PM
@MuadDib - How does this rewrite Dick's history? He still seems to have his time as Robin here.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:26 PM
@MuadDib - Do you mean because it's at the same time as Jason? Maybe he's Robin for a year or two before Jason and then there are two Robin. That technically happened in the comics. Dick was Robin with the Teen Titans so Batman got a new Robin and it wasn't until later that Dick became Nightwing.
Maybe it's the same here.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/31/2025, 7:14 AM
I like the style & the designs!!.

Dick being somewhat classic while Jason feels more punk rock is fitting for each character…

If this is indeed leaked art from the film , its making me look even more forward to this take on the characters!!.
Repian
Repian - 5/31/2025, 7:37 AM
If this is what we can expect from the DCU, I can imagine Catwoman looking similar to this design.
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kazuma
kazuma - 5/31/2025, 7:06 PM
@Repian - Not a fan of the jacket but everything else looks good.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/31/2025, 8:26 AM
Sounds like mess needs see trailer be excited for this one
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 5/31/2025, 8:46 AM
The only puppet movie that matters

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Deckacards
Deckacards - 5/31/2025, 2:09 PM
I could see them starting the movie with Dick and Jason the same age, maybe even robins at the same time - two partners - then Jason is killed...soon after, time jump. Dick is older, going off to become Nightwing. Then Jason shows up resurrected as Red Hood.

Puts them both older and at the same age, fighting each other. At the end of the movie, we're introduced to Tim Drake as the new Robin. Dynamic Duo movie ends up actually referring to Dick and Jason, not Bruce and Robin.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/31/2025, 5:42 PM
The pictures are down but I was able to find them elsewhere so I'll re-upload them. But if I'm being honest so far nothing about them screams to me "DCU's Spider-Verse" as you guys called it. I was expecting to see something closer to the works of LAIKA because that is how their teasers from other projects based on the animation studios behind this was sold as.

The art in itself looks very 2D to me. Nothing close to what the Spider-Verse does.

But anyway, here are the pictures again. Might as well save them for future use. @JoshWilding @MarkCassidy

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/31/2025, 6:30 PM
@NinnesMBC - It's supposed to be a 2D/3D blend (like Spider-verse) so I guess we'd have to see it in motion first. It would be cool to involve some of that mad LAIKA puppetry shit though.
SuperSpiderMan5
SuperSpiderMan5 - 6/1/2025, 11:29 AM
They should've done a Under The Red Hood movie with Batfleck.

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