WB Slates 'Dynamic Duo' Animated Movie for 2028; Confirms 'Clayface'

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation has formally set the discharge of DC Studios’ animated Batman-verse film Dynamic Duo, spotlighting the origins of two Robins: Dick Grayson (later often known as Nightwing) and Jason Todd (Red Hood). The first joint undertaking of the 2 refabbed studios will launch to IMAX on June 30, 2028.

Produced in partnership with L.A.-based puppet animation outfit Swaybox Studios (its debut function movie) and Matt Reeves’ sixth & Idaho, the film will probably be a combined media actioner — “a mix of animation, puppetry, and CG,” as previously revealed by DC Studios head James Gunn. The story penned by Matthew Aldrich will present how younger Grayson and Todd’s friendship turns into examined by their diverging visions of their respective futures.

Aldrich’s credit embody the unique story and screenplay for Pixar’s Coco, for which he gained an Annie Award (shared with Alfred Molina) and was nominated for a Humanitas Prize, and the studio’s Toy Story spinoff Lightyear.

Dynamic Duo is being directed by Swaybox co-founder Arthur Mintz. Producers are Swaybox co-founder Theresa Andersson, and sixth & Idaho’s Reeves and Lynn Harris.

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Warner and DC have additionally signaled that the standalone live-action Clayface function goes forward, assigning horror grasp Mike Flanagan to put in writing the screenplay and setting a theatrical launch for September 11, 2026.

The reported “horror-thriller-tragedy” will probably be produced by Reeves and Harris as effectively, and can precede an anticipated look by the crusty mutated villain in The Batman Part II (Oct. 6, 2026).

The DC Studios launch slate additionally consists of Gunn’s Superman (July 11, 2025), Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (June 26, 2026) and two untitled motion pictures (May 29, 2026 and March 5, 2027).