Australian actor Brenton Thwaites was most recently seen in the 5th installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He was cast in the lead role of Dick Grayson in DC Entertainment's live-action Titans series earlier this year, in August.
It was thought that Thwaites would be suiting up as Nightwing on the show but he just might be saving the day in his Boy Wonder attire, at least at the start of the series. However, Lindsey Gort (The Carrie Diaries) was cast to play Amy Rohrbach, a Bludhaven Police Det. and partner of Dick Grayson during his stint on the police force. Though the first official image from the show features Thwaites as Robin, will he actually wear his second costume in one of the latter episodes?
Brad Anderson (Fringe, The Wire, The Machinist) is directing the pilot which also stars 24: Legacy actress Anna Diop as Starfire, Home and Away's Teagan Croft as Starfire, TMNT's Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Friday Night Light's Minka Kelly as Dove and Big Hero 6's Ryan Potter as Beast Boy. Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns and Greg Berlanti wrote the script for the pilot.
Titans is rumored to have a 13-episode first season and will premiere in 2018 as part of the launch line-up of DC Entertainment's untitled streaming platform.
The Robin costume (pictured above) was designed by Laura Jean Shannon, whose previous credits include Iron Man and The Jungle Book.