AP2HYC: The trailer shows Dick returning to the circus, are you also going to examine a bit of Grayson’s past?
Brady: What we really like on Arrow and stuff like that is a lot of the flashbacks. I guess we want to incorporate that into the outline of the series. We’ve talked about that multiple times. Flashbacks to his past would definitely be included.
Pete: And also including a modern take on the Haley’s Circus. If you are reading the New 52, I don’t know how much of it you’ve read, so much of the Nightwing story arc and even into Capullo’s Batman, they have a heavy influence. I don’t know if we’re going to go that heavy, but I think it has to be a big part of Dick Grayson’s life because it is. I think we’ll definitely be using a lot of that as well.
AP2HYC: What’s sort of the time period that you see this set? It seems to be that Batman’s not really in the picture here.
Brady: I mean, we’re definitely in our own little timeline and continuity. Some stuff is pulled from the comics, some stuff maybe hasn’t happened yet or hasn’t happened at all, it’s definitely our own continuity that we’re building. We don’t want to have Batman appear at all in that series, I think it would detract and take away from Nightwing being the star.
Pete: Or if he did, it would be much, much later.
Brady: Or flashbacks.
Pete: Yeah, or flashbacks. Maybe his voice, you have him learning from him in a sort of mentor type role. But nothing where he would be like a mainstay character.
AP2HYC: So it’s very much all Nightwing.
Brady: I mean, there’s other stuff, you see Oracle and Alfred, but there’s definitely no Batman.
Pete: And there is other characters, I don’t know how much we want to give away, but there will be other characters also within the family, within the unit. We’re looking at bringing in two that are relevant to the Nightwing story and relevant to the Bat-family. So that’s something that fans will have to look forward to.
Also, you know, we’re looking forward to bringing those characters to life. So that’s exciting.
Brady: And it’s almost like the issues of the comics as well, where you don’t know who’s going to show up necessarily. You could always have an episode where a handful of characters show up and stuff like that. It’s like the comics where it’s a little unpredictable as far as who’s going to be there.
AP2HYC: And obviously it’s such a big universe that you have plenty of characters to choose from.
Brady: Exactly.Â
AP2HYC: So other than acting in the series, what are you two doing behind the scenes?
Brady: I had sort of spearheaded putting the project together, and then we have a director, who’s based in Edmonton, which is about 3 hours away, and then myself and Pete and the director had come up with a lot of the ideas for the trailer. We’re working with another writer who was just at my place talking about ideas for the actual series. We’ve got an outline for the pilot, but we’re actually putting the full script together. And then we have a 12-episode outline for the series. So we have another write working with us as well. And then we have a full crew, like camera guys, lighting guys, etc. All of that as well.
Pete: The other thing is this is sort of Brady’s brainchild, and all of us coming together, we’re all pretty passionate about Nightwing, and like I said before, I always wanted to write for Dick Grayson. I went to school for writing and film. I’m also doing a lot of the stunt choreography and the fight scenes, me and Brady are both working on that together as well.
Brady: And I think that this is a project that would never have been able to come together if we didn’t have all these connections in the film industry, especially creating a trailer that looked as professional and expensive as it did. Having those connections and finding equipment was really important, and knowing people who were really good at what they did as well.
