How to Train Your Dragon star Mason Thames has been cast as Dick Grayson/Robin in DC's upcoming Dynamic Duo movie.

The news has been rumored for a while, with Thames even teasing it on his socials earlier this year, but has been properly confirmed by DC Studios co-head Peter Safran. When speaking with Collider, Safran confirmed that Thames will play Dick Grayson in the animated film and that the actor aggressively pursued the role.

"We always talk about wanting volunteers and not recruits to be part of the DCU, to be part of DC Studios, and Mason always wanted to be Dick Grayson," said Safran. "He just did. And he came in, and auditioned the s**t out of it, and was awesome. He's a wonderful young actor, but boy, did he want this. He was just obsessed. When he came over to the DC offices, he came over with his dad at the time, and we’ve got tons of great archives and stuff in there, and wanted to take a picture of everything and with everything. He's a fan."

Thames is expected to play the character while he's still Robin, as the film will follow Jason Todd and Dick Grayson in their earliest days . That means you shouldn't expect Nightwing or Red Hood to appear, or perhaps not initially. Dynamic Duo is expected to be a pretty unique film, as it will blend traditional CGI animation with stop motion and puppetry. It's unclear exactly how this will be executed, but the vision must be strong for DC to have greenlit the project.

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