As reported earlier this week by LGBTQ Nation, right-wing critic in the U.S. have blasted “The Lego Batman Movie” on the grounds that it is “chock full of pro-gay propaganda”. So much so actually that it takes away from the film. After Matt Reeves confirming that he is indeed directing The Batman, news of Dick Grayson/Nightwing joining the ever growing franchise has come from The Hollywood Reporter.

The leader of Canadian anti-gay activist group Voice of the Family has warned his followers that the LEGO Batman movie is pushing a “gay agenda”.

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McKay has already directed a film with Dick Grayson in it: The character appeared in the Lego Batman Movie, as Robin, and was voiced by Michael Cera.

Chris McKay has graduated from superheroes made out of Legos, to superheroes made out of actual people. “LEGO Batman promotes gay adoption…” It will never cease to amaze me the things that filmmakers can do with stop motion animation and CGI, as each scene feels as realistic as possible for an animated film. A sequel to Suicide Squad, The Batman starring Ben Affleck, a Shazam film, a Flash film and a Cyborg project are also in the works. These jokes aren’t only hilarious, but also serve as interesting ways of exploring some of the characters’ pasts.

Batman acts as the film’s main character, but it is the supporting characters that capture the spirit of the film. As for who would play Nightwing, I can think of a few people who’d crush in it the role. The announcement was made today by Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros.

Yep, Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person, as admitted in the review, but there’s an ongoing joke in the film about Robin not realising this and thinking he has two Dads. We already know there have been some Robins in Batfleck’s past, largely due to the defaced Robin suit in the Batcave (which likely belonged to a different Robin, Jason Todd, who was killed by the Joker in the comics). It’s a welcome sigh of relief that while this film’s main goal is to still be amusing, it knows not to skip out on the roots of Batman’s origins and how to cleverly incorporate them into the story.

The Lego animation looked fantastic, and was just as good as the original.

But it does capture the essence of the Batman mythology and the character quite well, while gently poking fun at its clichés and at the same time paying loving homage to its long history.