Dynamic Duo Release Date Delayed As Boardwalk Empire's Steve Buscemi Lands Villainous Role

Dynamic Duo Release Date Delayed As Boardwalk Empire's Steve Buscemi Lands Villainous Role

Warner Bros. has given DC Studios and Swaybox's Dynamic Duo a new release date, backing down from Paramount's Call of Duty adaptation. The cast, meanwhile, has added another big name.

By JoshWilding - Sep 24, 2026 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: Deadline

Warner Bros. has shaken up its release calendar, moving DC Studios and Swaybox's Dynamic Duo from its previously announced June 30, 2028 slot.

According to Deadline, it's been pushed back to September 22, 2028. Why? Well, the trade's sources have learned that Warner Bros. feels "this will be a good back-to-school animated feature slot for not just K-12 but also teens and college kids. The movie has the potential to hit the Spider-Verse crowd."

It also keeps Dynamic Duo away from Paramount Pictures' highly anticipated Call of Duty movie, which is also dated for June 30. It's not the only Warner Bros. title on the move, as Chris Columbus' new Gremlins has moved from November 19, 2027, to October 6, 2028.

The trade has also confirmed that Dynamic Duo will star Mason Thames as Dick Grayson, Logan Kim as Jason Todd, Lee Pace as Red Hood One, and Steve Buscemi as Red Hood Two.

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. 

In the comics, Dick was the first to hold the Robin 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. 

Warner Bros. Animation revealed at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival that the Dynamic Duo "follows Jason [and] Dick as [a couple] of street rats who name themselves the 'dynamic duo.'" Eventually, they go their separate ways, with Dick joining Batman as Robin and Jason becoming a member of the Red Hood gang.

"Over the moon excited to announce the newest DC Studios/Warner Bros Pictures Animation greenlit film for theaters, Dynamic Duo, the story of Robin...or should I say, Robins, as in Dick Grayson and Jason Todd," Gunn said when then movie was announced in 2024. "The first feature film from the visionary Swaybox, a mix of animation, puppetry, and CGI, a script from the wonderfully talented Matt Aldrich, produced with our partners at Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho. This is something special."

Dynamic Duo is set to be released in theaters on June 30, 2028 September 22, 2028.

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AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 9/24/2026, 6:55 AM
Gunn just doesnt seem to understand...
Huskers
Huskers - 9/24/2026, 8:35 AM
@AgentofSH1ELD - He really doesn’t. Can’t believe we’re getting an Elseworlds story featuring Batman and 2 famous Robins that features [frick]ing puppets before we get the DCU Batman! 🤦🏻‍♂️ I personally liked Superman, but this bizarre focus on side characters and Elseworlds stories without building your universe with the pantheon of popular characters at your disposal makes no sense to me. Man of Tomorrow better knock it out of the park!
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 9/24/2026, 9:54 AM
@Huskers - even if man of tomorrow is good (doubts) then what???
TheRevelation
TheRevelation - 9/24/2026, 1:49 PM
@AgentofSH1ELD - Kite Man of course...hell yeah
MR
MR - 9/24/2026, 7:05 AM
I really don't like it when Warners messes with the actual lore of DC characters. "Street rats"? How dumb.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 9/24/2026, 7:34 AM
@MR - TBF, Jason was exactly that. Dick? No, but it might be a period between Haley's Circus and getting adopted by Bruce Wayne...
MR
MR - 9/24/2026, 8:22 AM
@UltimaRex - I know that about Jason, yes but that was not his initial origin story. He was a circus acrobat like Dick was. Like in the comics where they chop and change all the time, I just wish DC movie would just stick to (most of) the story. I get that Batman can be malleable and that's why we have so many versions of him but his origin story is essentially the same. It's clear. I don't see why other DC characters can't be treated the same way.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 9/24/2026, 9:56 AM
@MR - but you said it.
just like in the comics where they chop and change...
DC is horrrrrrrrrrrrrible for it. They always have been!! They cant continue a story line to save them. Its crazy. At least ZS had a roadmap for his universe...
MR
MR - 9/24/2026, 12:49 PM
@AgentofSH1ELD - When it was revealed (if it was even true at all), I wasn't a fan of ZS's roadmap. I mean, Lois Lane getting with Bruce and then getting pregnant? And whatever else. It felt like his version of the Injustice comic. I didn't like it.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 9/24/2026, 12:54 PM
@MR - not sure i saw that part lol.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/24/2026, 8:24 AM
Given how innovative and ambitious they are being with this film in terms of the animation style , I’m fine with giving Swaybox & DC as much time as they need to make it as polished as possible tbh so if they feel late September 2028 is better then so be it.

Anyway in regards to the cast (which given it came from a trade like Deadline is likely true) , I like it and already have a theory in regards to the 2 Red Hoods…

Given that we are seemingly getting a version of the Red Hood Gang in this , it’s certain that Lee Pace’s Red Hood One is the leader while Steve Buscemi’s Red Hood 2 is his second in command but I wouldn’t be surprised if towards the end of the film maybe , we see Two perhaps fall into a vat of chemicals with a after credits tease of him as the Joker for a potential sequel.

Sometimes , Joker is depicted as the leader of the Red Hood Gang pre-transformation but I could see them twisting that a bit in that in this , the leader is just another criminal but it’s actually the second in command that becomes Batman’s (who is in the film apparently) future arch nemesis.

Anyway whatever it is , I’m intrigued by this and hope it turns out well!!.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/24/2026, 8:28 AM
2028 cbm release dates:

The Batman Part 2-February 18th , 2028

X-Men-May 5th 2028

Ghost Rider-July 28th , 2028

Dynamic Duo-September 22nd , 2028

Black Panther 3-December 15th , 2028

5 in 1 year so far is crazy but looking forward to it since it’s a hell of a lineup!!.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/24/2026, 9:01 AM

Oh boy! I can't wait for this ridiculous inverted thing and the Clayface movie about Batman's 29th most important villain.

Thank goodness we're getting these instead of a DCU Batman movie which nutjob pervo Gunn is convinced nobody wants.

WakandaFlex
WakandaFlex - 9/24/2026, 9:11 AM
I'm still failing to understand why we're getting animated 'elseworlds' versions of these characters before getting live-action, main universe versions. Gunn really is just doing whatever the phukk.
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 9/24/2026, 9:58 AM
I may be in the minority here. I'm a James Gunn hater, but I'm actually extremely excited about this one. The animation style is very interesting. The story sounds like a cool alternate take. And Steve Buscemi as a Gotham ganglord that uses child crooks is absolutely inspired casting lol

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