I’m surprised all the usual comic book websites haven’t picked this up. Usuaully they’re the first to pick this sort of thing up, soo what I’ll do is I’ll talk about it here and then I’ll send them an e-mail shouting and scolding them.

Seems there’s a company called Untamed Cinema that as you guessed it, makes movies. Their latest project is called Grayson, as in Dick Grayson AKA Robin or Nightwing depending on how involved you are with the Batman universe. Now I don’t know about rights of these things, I’ve known DC Comics characters being used in other ‘personal’ projects but this is pretty cool. So at best this is a bit of fun, that will never be released, still though…it’s pretty cool nevertheless.

So what’s the story. Seems the director maxed out 4 credit cards, got some friends along and made this extended preview. I guess he was trying to get this idea he had out of his head, and good for him. He’s really made a fantastic bit of film, that looks great, for the budget. That would be $18,000, give or take a few.

Oh sure it’s not the most perfect piece of film history, he does try and put a bit too much here, and shows absolutely every character that could fit into this story.

The story follows Dick Grayson as he searches for the murder of Bruce Wayne. For me the best part of the entire ‘movie’ was the Dick Grayson scenes. He’s done well here. It actually looks like an older Grayson. The appearance of Barbara is also very nice addition to the story. One thing they’ve tried to do, although not as successfully as I’d like but is completely understandable given the budget, is the acrobatic nature of Dick. It comes out every once in a while, but it’s just not enough.

It’s a 149meg download and requires quicktime, so be prepared.

There’s also a Pieces of the Puzzle documentary for download, which to be honest I found a hell of a lot more enjoyable than the actual piece itself. Finding out what this poor guy had to go through in order to achieve his vision is really a great story in and of itself. Highly recommend you download this as well.

Their website is packed with stuff for you to download, from the poster in hi res to the wallpaper.

[link via Chris diclerico]