Today, DC Universe finally announcedextensive detailsabout its forthcoming streaming service. We’ve known for a long time that the foundational original series for DC Universe will beTitans, which follows young heroes from the DC Universe as they come of age. And now a pair of intriguing new images ofBrenton Thwaites’ Robin have been revealed.
The series was developed byGreg Berlanti,Geoff Johns, andAkiva Goldsmanand is essentially a gritty take on the Teen Titans franchise, with characters including Dick Grayson/Robin, Rachel Roth/Raven, and Garfield Logan/Beast Boy. The series will also feature Jason Todd and introduce the Doom Patrol, which is getting its own spinoff series on the DC Universe streaming service launching in 2019.
These new images certainly drive home the “gritty” aspect of the series, and indeed Thwaites is a swell choice to fill the role of Robin. He broke out in films likePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesandThe Giver, but here he leads this brand new DC Comics series.
It’s also very clear from these images that this series will probably stand apart from Berlanti’s CW-verse DC shows likeArrowandThe Flash. We won’t know for sure until we see footage, butTitanslooks to be very dark. Check out the new images below. The DC Universe streaming service will launch this fall.
Here’s the official logline forTitans:
Titansfollows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and loveable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes.
