The LEGO Batman and Tomorrow War director broke down quite a bit on the themes of the movie and the approach to Nightwing, as well as his dynamic with Batman and how they were approaching Batman’s involvement, which could have included an appearance from Batman, so let’s get to it.
“So DC had hired Bill Dubuque to write a version of Nightwing, and I came in while that script was in the process and that draft hadn’t quite landed yet, but landed after I got hired.
The film has evolved and changed along the way to fit DC’s overall approach, and just like the comics, there was the chance we might’ve seen Batman make an appearance, and when the movie was put into development, Ben Affleck was the main Batman, though Matt Reeves’ had already been brought in for The Batman.
“There was still some stuff that was needed to be determined of what that was going to look like,” McKay said, adding that Batman did not loom large over the story.
You’re not guaranteed Batman was going to show up, but he could show up and other people could show up, but again you’re dealing with Nightwing and that’s what I like about it,” McKay said.
They’ve gone through a lot of stuff, and when I was brought in to Nightwing, they were in the process of doing Matt Reeves’ The Batman, so he was starting his thing there.
“So to me, I still hold out a lot of hope I’m still going to make that movie.