CW Readies Pre-Robin Graysons The CW is readying a series based on Batman sidekick Robin's early days, called The Graysons, Variety reported. Smallville executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, as well as Supernatural executive producer McG, are behind The Graysons, which has landed a put pilot commitment at the network. Just as Smallville focused on Clark Kent in the years before he became Superman, The Graysons will follow the world of Dick "DJ" Grayson before he takes on the iconic Robin identity and aligns himself with Batman. It's the latest DC Comics franchise to be mined for the small screen by Warner Brothers TV. McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision label is also attached. The Graysons is seen as a potential replacement for Smallville should that show end its run this season, which has been speculated. In the original Batman mythology, Grayson was a young acrobat and part of the family act called The Flying Graysons. He was orphaned when a gangster sabotaged his parents' trapeze equipment. Bruce Wayne took him under his wing and trained him to help fight crime. Grayson later morphed into the character of Nightwing, as part of The New Teen Titans, and a series of new Robin replacements were introduced. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=60892
I remember they had a tough time trying to make a prequel show about Bruce Wayne but WB Studios nixed it for the Nolan series. Hopefully this one won't drag on the way Smallville has (took them way too long to introduce Lois Lane though they did find a hottie).
So they are going to make a show about Robin's younger years? Do we get Robin in preschool? Sounds like a weak idea, a lot of people, like me, that follow batman hate the robin character.
Maybe, a lot also depends on how much they write into the storyline. With Smallville, they invented a lot, including a ruthless Jor-El whose consciousness is retained in the Fortress of Solitude, Kryptonian script, the dimension of the meteor shower that brought Kal-El to Smallville and also created a contingent of mutants, and other characters like Chloe and Pete. With the Graysons, they're sure to introduce darker elements. One possibility would be an abusive father, but that's been way overdone.
Lamest idea ever. And that covers a lot of ground. Then again, if they could develop a gigantic following for a show about fake adventures on an "island," where contrived drama and spiteful vote-outs are the only real action, then I guess this couldn't do much worse. Somewhere, PT Barnum is
