RUMOR: DC Studios Is Developing Another Animated Movie Alongside DYNAMIC DUO

RUMOR: DC Studios Is Developing Another Animated Movie Alongside DYNAMIC DUO

According to a new rumour, DC Studios is developing another DCU animated project following last October's announcement that we're getting a Dynamic Duo movie revolving around Dick Grayson and Jason Todd.

By JoshWilding - Jan 03, 2025 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: DC Studios

Last October, the news broke that DC Studios and Swaybox Studios have teamed up to develop Dynamic Duo, an animated movie revolving around Robin and Robin: Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. 

It's expected to boast a unique animation style, likely giving it the same vibe as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Of course, many fans would prefer to see Dick and Jason in a live-action project, though there's so far been no sort of confirmation about whether this is a DCU or Elseworlds story. 

However, according to the trades, "[Dyamic Duo] will depict how the friendship between Grayson and Todd as youths becomes tested by their diverging ideas for what their future should be. (Reports that the characters will begin as a pair of thieves in the film were false.)"

It's since been rumoured that The Authority is being redeveloped as an animated project, a smart move on DC Studios' part given the success of Creature Commandos and the fact it's hard to imagine a movie featuring those characters being a guaranteed hit. 

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH brings word that, "DC Studios [is] already developing another animated movie [besides] Dynamic Duo." There's no word on what that movie could be and there's every chance it's a DCU title yet to be announced. 

DC Studios co-CEO and Superman director James Gunn previously discussed his decision to kick off the DCU with the animated Creature Commandos

"I don't remember [why]. I really don't remember. I think I just was like, I kind of wanted to do something animated and I wanted to do something with Creature Commandos for a while, and so I just started writing this thing," he recalled. "We didn't have a deal, we didn't have anything. I just wrote seven episodes of this TV show and was into it."

"And so then I luckily had a really great CEO at DC Studios that was me, and I greenlit my own show," the filmmaker added. 

Despite those tongue-in-cheek remarks, Gunn has repeatedly talked about his desire to tell stories across film, television, animation, and video games. With that in mind, it's easy to imagine Dynamic Duo being one of many animated movies heading our way in the years ahead.

Which character or characters would you like to see highlighted in that format? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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itzayaboy
itzayaboy - 1/3/2025, 10:37 AM
The lack of structure for the DCU is mind blowing. Focus on the big fish in live action first. No one’s asking for this.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/3/2025, 10:45 AM
@itzayaboy - honestly, I am. The Batman and Superman stories I've seen so many times now, that I prefer different stories. It's one of the few things that actually worked with the DCEU imo
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 1/3/2025, 1:45 PM
@bkmeijer1 - yeah, I’ll take all the Dick Grayson they can give me. I love me some dick Grayson. They should show more dick Grayson in all their movies
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/3/2025, 2:58 PM
@NonPlayerC - I'm really glad you added his last name. Would've been real awkward otherwise.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/3/2025, 3:42 PM
@NonPlayerC - "Yeah, I’ll take all the Dick... they can give me. I love me some dick... They should show more dick... in all their movies"

Lots of people want different things from these movies, but I'm sure Gunn endeavors to please.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/3/2025, 10:40 AM
Go ahead and tell us how this will be part of the DCU until it isn’t part of the DCU… we’ll need about 5 articles contradicting each other to explain how good and bad this is for the Gunnerverse.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/3/2025, 10:44 AM
''And so then I luckily had a really great CEO at DC Studios that was me, and I greenlit my own show''

That's pretty funny. I appreciate the self-awareness.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/3/2025, 10:47 AM
@bkmeijer1 - yep

Also if I was in charge of the DCU , I also would greenlit my own ideas…

I mean we all would.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/3/2025, 11:06 AM
@TheVisionary25 - oh yeah, definitely. Can't blame him for that. And I probably would hire my friends as well.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/3/2025, 8:47 PM
@bkmeijer1 - Real talk. Nothing wrong with being confident in one's self and joking about it. I be like that too when I get compliments like yes I like my tattoo as well. It's why I got it lol
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/4/2025, 5:01 AM
@Mrtoke - it really all reminds me of this
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/3/2025, 10:46 AM
Cool if true…

I honestly think Plastic Man might be a good fit for an animated movie , perhaps even moreso then a live action one.

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Forthas
Forthas - 1/3/2025, 10:50 AM
No one is watching the current animated feature and now they have two more. Warner Brothers is going the cheap route with these new animated productions while James Gunn has introduced over a dozen D list DC characters that nobody cares about. He is probably from the Todd Phillips school of filmmaking....get the studio to greenlight a bunch of projects, get over paid for them then cash the check before they figure out the hustle.
Forthas
Forthas - 1/3/2025, 10:55 AM
"And so then I luckily had a really great CEO at DC Studios that was me, and I greenlit my own show,"

- James Gunn

Does anything else need to be said to understand why DC films has been the collosal failure it has been? I rest my case!
Phelps
Phelps - 1/3/2025, 6:46 PM
@Forthas - It was a painfully harmless, self-aware joke comment you miserable neckbeard.

And the only projects Gunn has been in charge of are his positively reviewed animated series that was already deemed popular enough for Warner Bros (not him) to renew it for another season and the record-breaking successful/widely acclaimed Superman trailer.

Cluelessly cry and miserably fail at trolling like always.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 1/3/2025, 11:00 AM
Animation is cheaper and easier to produce, so it makes sense to use it to expand on the universe.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 12:12 PM
@TheJok3r - Um no it isn't. Take a look at how the process of the Spider-Verse films have been and rethink that again. They are only "easier" if the animators have the proper time and healthy work enviroment to work instead of being rushed to meet a deadline.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/3/2025, 8:50 PM
@NinnesMBC - Ok so what kind of physical sets and plan making on settings are factored into animation?? Almost none compared to live action
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 10:28 PM
@Mrtoke - Lots of drawing and storyboards and frames and animation techniques depending on the style they want to do from 2D or 3D. Live-action does take time to do but in no way is animation a walk in the park.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/4/2025, 12:00 AM
@NinnesMBC - Oh yes. I will never downplay the work done on animation but if the MCU was strictly animation, it wouldn't sniff the success it currently has. Kind of why DC never went with live action versions of their other projects like Red Son or Flashpoint. Too much risk in their opinion so animation is the "let's find out" approach. It's cheaper and the VAs don't spend as much time in the booth as oppose to actors being on set, rehearsing lines and such.
MurfDyson
MurfDyson - 1/3/2025, 11:34 AM
Honestly these animated features will have to break boundaries for the GA to be convinced of this side of the DCU. Fingers crossed on Superman breaking that Billi
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 12:16 PM
I hope it's a movie about the Flash Family and the One-Minute War story from 2023.

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Or a JSA story because the IP is just collecting dust in the shelves since there are zero scripts and drafts at DC Studios right now. Almost as if there was no interest.

At least take a shot at the miniseries focused on Stargirl: The Lost Children.

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Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/3/2025, 8:51 PM
@NinnesMBC - I'll take Batman Beyond before anything else given how successful the Spiderverse movies are
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 10:46 PM
@Mrtoke - The problem with that is that WBD only cares about Bruce being under the cowl. They missed the shot to do that years ago just as the Discovery merger happened and the chances of that are more slim than ever.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/4/2025, 12:08 AM
@NinnesMBC - Sony doing Miles Morales literally rivals that. Batman is to DC as Spiderman is to Marvel. If Into the Spiderverse bombed critically and financially, the Spiderverse most likely would've ended with the first one. And in Batman Beyond, Bruce Wayne is still a major component in that story as he is still alive so there's that.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/5/2025, 12:52 AM
@Mrtoke - Sony for all their faults aren't that obsessed with one single aspect of a IP like WBD is with Bruce Wayne/Batman. They want to always have Batman be the main driving force and Bruce is still the one acknowledged the most with the mantle. It could happen but Gunn would probably have to go to hell and back to convince them to re-greenlit a project focused on Terry with Bruce taking a backseat.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 12:24 PM
BTW I forgot to mention but Dynamic Duo has been confirmed to be an Elsewords due to it's own synopsis. Doesn't take much to figure out it's not gonna be connected to the main DCU timeline.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/3/2025, 6:21 PM
@NinnesMBC - doubtful. Will most likely be a prequel to Brave and the Bold.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/3/2025, 10:55 PM
@McMurdo - A prequel to a DCU set film waiting so much time and that comes up with it's own take for two Robins' roots that strays from canon doesn't sound legit for me.
KingMob20
KingMob20 - 1/3/2025, 1:28 PM
Is it official that The Authority is going to be animated now? If so that's disappointing. I was really looking forward to a live action movie. Saying it's not a guaranteed hit is ridiculous because neither was Guardians of the Galaxy at the time
Forthas
Forthas - 1/3/2025, 7:54 PM
James Gunn is getting ready for his cartoon masterpiece...


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