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'Arrow' Execs Still Want to Add Nightwing

Could we soon see Dick Grayson on the TV show?

Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg says Nightwing is his "fantasy" character to add to the show, but apparently that's unlikely to happen any time soon. According to Digital Spy, he and Marc Guggenheim chatted with the press at this year's Comic-Con and said WB's latest movie announcement (untitled Batman/Superman project) makes things far more complicated.

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"We've heard the fans and we're very well aware that they would like to see Nightwing and various other Bat-characters on the show."

"[But] that is a little bit out of our control, [and] I think [that movie] announcement made it a lot more out of our control!"

They said they'd still love to use him, but I wouldn't expect the first Robin to show up in the upcoming season, Viners. Besides, we're getting plenty of other characters to look forward to -- Black Canary, Bronze Tiger, Deadshot, Brother Blood, etc. In case you haven't seen it yet, here's the trailer they released at Comic-Con. Don't watch it if you haven't finished season one!

Arrow will return October 9th.

Source: Digital Spy

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What Dc should do with Nightwing is do what they are doing with Flash make him a character on the show and if tests wel then make him his own show

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@richardjohngrayson: SCREW YOU TOO BUDDY haha. Btw I like your profile pic, one of my absolute FAVORITE achievements I' ve earned. I'm sad that there's of course no way he could be in Origins. :-/

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@mkukie68: Screw you....j/k. I agree. As a Grayson die hard I am holding out hope Dick will be on the big screen with Batman. First as Robin then later as Nightwing. I think Arrow doesn't need to accidentally add to many heroes and end upstaging GA himself.

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I absolutely LOVE Nightwing. I can't stress that enough and I would freak at a live action portrayal of him, but Arrow can NOT do this. I know Arrow has a lot of references to Blüdhaven but the bigger picture is that it would ruin any consistency in the DCU. You can't have Nightwing before you have Robin's falling out with Batman. I think the execs of Arrow need to give the hardcore readers what we deserve and have an "Arrowverse" if you will, and build Green Arrow to the hero he has risen to over the years. IMO DC is a better comic universe than Marvel ( I still like Marvel ) and the show needs to stick to its own material and stay away from the "Bat-verse" at least for a few seasons until GREEN ARROW becomes a HERO and not just a hooded vigilante.

Any complaints? let's have a civilized debate not a "Screw you contest"

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I am a HUGE Nightwing fan. Dick Grayson is my favorite comic character. That being said....I do NOT want to see him on a tv show. Not convinced that it could do him justice without major continuity issues

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It'd be nice if someone used dick grayson

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That would be awesome. I prefer Nightwing wearing his blue suit instead of the red.

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NO!!!!! Keep Batman and anyone associated with Batman far away. This is Green Arrow's show, this is why I hate Batman because DC wants to shove him down our f**king throats. Sometimes you have to tell the Batman Fanboys no.

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It would be awesome if they actually did this.

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Probably for the best.

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i dont wanna be called the hood anymore ( stares at a green arrow)

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Keep this show away from the DC movie universe

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Carter. I agree that Deborah`s c0mment is good, on friday I got a gorgeous Cadillac sincee geting a check for $7338 this last month and-a little over, $10,000 lass-month. with-out a doubt this is the nicest work Ive had. I began this four months/ago and almost straight away got me over $70, per/hr. I use this website,, http://www.zee44.com

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Carter. I agree that Deborah`s c0mment is good, on friday I got a gorgeous Cadillac sincee geting a check for $7338 this last month and-a little over, $10,000 lass-month. with-out a doubt this is the nicest work Ive had. I began this four months/ago and almost straight away got me over $70, per/hr. I use this website,, http://www.zee44.com

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Btw shouldn't this be in GA board?

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Yeah why don't you call this Batman instead of Arrow already, half the characters are Batrelated characters anyway.

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Nightwing should have his own show

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give me some red hood! or azrael...thatd be cool... id like nightwing later on... especially if he teams up with roy

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i hope so much that this show is connected to the dc movie universe.

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I would only like that if they don't erase the Batman connection. Sure, Bats isn't going to be a part of Arrow, but if they have Nightwing, let him at least acknowledge that he was adopted by Bruce Wayne, or something like that.

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2) Start a solo Nightwing animated series (no CGI) that is accessible to both kids and long-time fans of the character.

Wasn't Young Justice just Animated Nightwing and his b*tches? Nyehehehehe!

But yeah, a Nightwing animated would be nice. :D

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Well we've seen it called Star City again finally, even if just on a poster. And freeeeeeeeak yes to seeing Canary finally! And of course I wanna see NIghtwing and SOOO many others!

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@squalleon said:

He is a great character who should get promoted more!

@bigboi100000 said:

@reignmaker said:

Solution:

2) Start a solo Nightwing animated series (no CGI) that is accessible to both kids and long-time fans of the character.

That would be an awesome animated series

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As much as I loooooove Nightwing, its a bad idea. At least right now. The show is only in its second season. Let them develop other Green Arrow characters before the cameos start happening.

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@squalleon said:

He is a great character who should get promoted more!

@bigboi100000 said:

@reignmaker said:

Solution:

2) Start a solo Nightwing animated series (no CGI) that is accessible to both kids and long-time fans of the character.

That would be an awesome animated series

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We deserve to see a live action Nightwing!!!

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I really don't care to watch Oliver jerk around with Dick.

Solution:

1) Cancel Beware the Batman...like yesterday.

2) Start a solo Nightwing animated series (no CGI) that is accessible to both kids and long-time fans of the character.

3) Promote the TV series utilizing the usual slew of action figures and comic books. Get this Dick Grayson guy front and center, a character that has been in DC canon longer than Wonder Woman.

Noooooooooooooo waaaaaaaaaay

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@warathusis said:

@reignmaker: Did you really just say Nightwing has been in DC canon longer than Wonder Woman??? Uh no... Dick Grayson however? Yes.. but only by a year.

I did say Dick Grayson, did I not?

...

@patrat18 said:

@reignmaker: go back to marvel your drunk

I will, when you go back to grammar school. Punctuation is your friend.

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@eivion: I didn't like how they used Deadshot at all. I'm hoping they do an outstanding job with Bronze Tiger.

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WOOOOOO!!

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True. Speaking of, with all the city name drops in season one, it makes me really wonder why they changed Star City to Starling City.

Also I get what you're saying with the supporting characters, but with the appearances of Deadshot, Firefly, Deathstroke, and Huntress I can't help but feel that they should at the very least confirm a few other heroes. Like have a passing mention of "some kind of vampire bat thing in Gotham" or something

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@war_killer said:

This show keeps getting better and better. Can't wait for season 2.

I know!! There's just two things I wish they'd make clear. Does Batman at the very least exist in this universe and if so I hope they make a few mentions to him since they've already used two of his villains and one Bat Family character in here.

Also, I know this might be a long shot, but I would love it if they worked Hal Jordan in the show. Not necessarily as Green Lantern, but at least have him show up as a pilot for Oliver or something. I mean Green Lantern/Green Arrow is one of my favorite superhero team-ups, right next to Superman/Batman. Hell, technically it's basically Superman/Batman in a way with one being supremely powerful and the other relying on gadgets. Anyway, if Nightwing can't happen I'll gladly take Hal Jordan.

I believe he does, as well as other DC characters, due to multiple cities from the DC Universe having been mentioned already in season one. Whether we'll see any of them appear in the show, that's up to the creators. Personally, I'd rather they focus on building up Green Arrow characters like Canary, Red Arrow, etc. before bringing in other DC character outside of Green Arrow's supporting cast.

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give us Nightwing!.. Cartoon, Live action, I dont care just Make it happen!

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@war_killer said:

This show keeps getting better and better. Can't wait for season 2.

I know!! There's just one thing I wish they'd make clear. Does Batman at the very least exist in this universe and if so I hope they make a few mentions to him since they've already used two of his villains and one Bat Family character in here.

Also, I know this might be a long shot, but I would love it if they worked Hal Jordan in the show. Not necessarily as Green Lantern, but at least have him show up as a pilot for Oliver or something. I mean Green Lantern/Green Arrow is one of my favorite superhero team-ups, right next to Superman/Batman. Hell, technically it's basically Superman/Batman in a way with one being supremely powerful and the other relying on gadgets. Anyway, if Nightwing can't happen I'll gladly take Hal Jordan.

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I want to see Arrow be tied into the DC Cinematic Universe that DC is pushing to have. Having Nightwing means we won't get to see Dick as Robin in the Batman movies, be in a Teen Titans movie, and advance into having a Nightwing movie.

Anyway the show is called Arrow. It's a show about Green Arrow. I love Batman and Dick Grayson, but please keep them away from the show. They have a great deal of exposure and popularity. Green Arrow does not. How about they focus on making Green Arrow more known to the public instead of throwing a Batman character inside the show.

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AAAAAAAAWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE

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Arrow is a great show but seeing Nightwing would be even better! Hopefully they can works something out. If not how about Jason or Tim? Or even Leviathan as a villain for the series? "he's" supposed to be a world threat right? I think it would be cool to see some Batman Inc members.

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Screw Arrow, Nightwing should have his own series.

this lol

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@reignmaker: Did you really just say Nightwing has been in DC canon longer than Wonder Woman??? Uh no... Dick Grayson however? Yes.. but only by a year.

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It would be cool to have Nightwing appear on Arrow but it would be even better for him to get his own show. The CW should have both shows run on Wednesday and make it a DC night.

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The only thing I gained from this thread is he is now gonna be called Green Arrow.

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The second half of the video was better than the first half (I mean,how can you miss when that guy is RIGHT there),but Black Canary REALLY made my day.

Although I hate the thing done with the masks...

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Nightwing is one of my favourite characters ever, this would be awesome

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Nightwing should get his own show. Animated or live action.

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I really don't care to watch Oliver jerk around with Dick.

Solution:

1) Cancel Beware the Batman...like yesterday.

2) Start a solo Nightwing animated series (no CGI) that is accessible to both kids and long-time fans of the character.

3) Promote the TV series utilizing the usual slew of action figures and comic books. Get this Dick Grayson guy front and center, a character that has been in DC canon longer than Wonder Woman.

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It would be dumb to have Nightwing in the show. I like Nightwing more than GA and Nightwing is far more popular than Green Arrow so yeah the gust star of the show would be liked more than the star of his own series lol If it did happen.

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