Given that there’s been no movement on the project for over a year, this probably won’t come as too much of a surprise, but TNT has decided against moving ahead with its live-action Teen Titans series, with network president Kevin Reilly stating that: “We decided it wasn’t where we wanted to go.”
Titans – or Blackbirds, as it had also been referred to – had been written by Akiva Goldsman (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin) and Marc Haimes (The Last Word), and would have seen Dick Grayson emerging from the shadow of Batman as Nightwing, leader of the young group of superheroes.
UPDATE: Speaking to THR, Kevin Reilly has elaborated on the reason why the network opted against moving ahead with Titans:
“Akiva Goldsman is a talented guy, but the script just wasn’t there. There is an unbelievable glut of superhero things in the market right now and if you have a really good one, clearly people are up for it. But I just don’t think that there’s a need for one that, for me, at least on paper didn’t seem to be screaming to get made.”
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Originally published January 7, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
