Well, it looks like Robin’s not getting his own show after all. The CW has decided that “The Graysons” concept doesn’t mesh with the “current strategy for the Batman franchise,” as reported by Kryptonsite. This happened before a pilot script was even finished.
I can’t say this makes me unhappy. As I mentioned in my last blog about this, the show didn’t sound at all like a viable concept. There’s no story to tell about Dick Grayson before he becomes Robin. It’s probably best that it got canned at such an early stage, because it probably would have been cancelled in mid-season.
The CW is coming up with possible replacements, but my guess is, regardless of what they come up with, we’ll have at least another season of “Smallville” (groan). I hope somebody thinks of a better idea than “The Graysons,” and I also hope they finally learn their lesson– you can’t put Batman on TV without Batman. As much as I love “Birds of Prey,” that’s the reason it failed, and the same thing would have happened to “The Graysons.” I doubt they’ll even try to do a DC Comics show at this point. There aren’t a lot of other places to go, especially since “Aquaman” was cancelled just after the pilot aired and a Flash spin-off from “Smallville” was dropped in its early considerations. And if they do a DC property, I really hope it isn’t another prequel show.
Any chance for a Justin Hartley Green Arrow show? Pretty please, with arrows on top??
LLAP
-Cap’n Logan
