Mason Thames and Logan Kim to Voice Dick Grayson and Jason Todd in DC’s Dynamic Duo

The upcoming animated DC project will follow two of Gotham’s most recognizable Robins, with Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi also joining the cast.

DC is bringing two of Batman’s most important partners together for Dynamic Duo, an animated film centered on Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. Mason Thames and Logan Kim are set to voice the two characters, taking on roles that place them at the heart of a new Robin origin story. Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi are also attached to the project, adding further weight to an ensemble that already gives the film a strong connection to both younger and older audiences.

The casting announcement establishes the central idea behind Dynamic Duo: this is not simply another story about Batman and a single sidekick. Instead, the film will focus on two different boys who become Robins at different points in the character’s history. Dick Grayson and Jason Todd are both closely associated with the mantle, but they represent very different chapters in the Batman mythos. Bringing them together allows the movie to explore the relationship between two characters who share a name, a mission and a connection to Gotham, while carrying distinct identities of their own.

Thames will voice Dick Grayson, while Kim will voice Jason Todd. Their casting gives the project two performers with recent experience connecting with younger characters and emotionally driven genre stories. For an animated production, the voice performances will be especially important because the actors must establish personality, tension and warmth without relying on live-action expressions or physical presence. The contrast between Thames and Kim could become one of the film’s defining strengths as the story places their versions of the characters side by side.

Dynamic Duo is described as an animated Robin origin story. That description makes the project immediately notable within DC’s wider slate because it shifts the attention away from Batman’s established identity and toward the people who help shape his legacy. The Robin role has traditionally carried a sense of energy and optimism, but the character has also been used to examine responsibility, grief, loyalty and the difficult process of growing up under Batman’s influence. A film built around two Robins has room to consider those ideas from more than one perspective.

Dick Grayson is the first name most audiences associate with Robin. Jason Todd, meanwhile, is one of the most recognizable successors to the role. Their shared history gives Dynamic Duo a built-in dramatic foundation, even before the details of the film’s story are revealed. The two characters are not interchangeable versions of the same hero. They are linked by the Robin identity, but each brings a different emotional history and a different relationship to the expectations attached to it.

That distinction matters because the title suggests a partnership rather than a simple handoff. The phrase “Dynamic Duo” has long been associated with Batman and Robin, but this film uses it to frame the two young heroes at the center of the story. The choice gives the title a fresh emphasis. Rather than treating Robin as a supporting figure in someone else’s adventure, the project places the character’s legacy in the foreground and asks what happens when two bearers of that legacy share the same story.

The film’s animated format also creates space for a version of Gotham that does not have to follow the visual limitations of live-action production. Animation can move between heightened action, stylized environments and intimate character moments while keeping the focus on the emotional connection between its leads. That flexibility is particularly suited to a story about identity and transformation, since the film can present the world of Gotham as both a dangerous place and a setting for personal discovery.

Although the available announcement does not disclose the full plot, Dynamic Duo’s description as an origin story points toward a narrative about beginnings. The film is expected to examine how Dick Grayson and Jason Todd become associated with Robin, but the exact structure of that story has not been detailed. It is not yet clear how closely the film will follow familiar comic-book events, whether it will reinterpret established material or how its two central characters will first come into contact with one another.

Keeping those details undisclosed leaves an important part of the project open to discovery. The relationship between Dick and Jason can be presented in several ways. They may be defined by rivalry, mutual recognition, disagreement or a gradual understanding of the pressures they share. Whatever direction the film takes, the casting makes clear that the emotional center will belong to the two Robins rather than to a collection of familiar DC names appearing only for recognition.

Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi are also joining the voice cast. Their roles have not been identified in the supplied announcement, so the nature of their involvement remains unknown. Even without character details, their presence suggests that the project is assembling a cast capable of giving the world around Dick and Jason a distinctive personality. Both performers are known for bringing strong vocal character and dramatic texture to their work, qualities that can be particularly effective in animation.

The inclusion of Pace and Buscemi also broadens the film’s appeal beyond its young leads. Thames and Kim are responsible for defining the two versions of Robin at the center of the story, while the veteran actors can help create an adult dimension around them. Their parts may be central to the story or more limited, but no specific conclusion can be drawn until DC provides further information about the characters they will play.

For Thames, voicing Dick Grayson offers the opportunity to approach a character whose public identity has developed across multiple generations of DC storytelling. Grayson is often presented as a figure who carries the lessons of his time as Robin into a larger heroic life. That history gives the role an unusual balance: he must feel young enough to belong in an origin story, yet important enough to stand as one half of the film’s central partnership. Thames’s performance will help determine how the movie establishes that balance.

Kim faces a different challenge with Jason Todd. Jason’s place in the Batman mythology is shaped by the expectations surrounding succession and by the question of what it means to follow someone who has already made the role famous. A compelling version of Jason must feel like more than a replacement. He needs a voice and presence that explain why he becomes Robin in his own right. Kim’s casting indicates that the film will give Jason a leading position rather than treating him as a footnote in Dick Grayson’s story.

The decision to give both characters equal prominence may help Dynamic Duo avoid a familiar problem in stories about legacy heroes. When several characters have worn the same symbol, one can sometimes be reduced to an imitation of another. A film designed around Dick and Jason together has the chance to make their differences part of its foundation. Their conflict, if present, can come from personality and experience rather than from a simple argument over who deserves the name Robin.

That approach could also make the movie accessible to viewers who know only the broad outlines of Batman’s world. Audiences do not need to understand every version of the character’s history to recognize the basic idea of two young heroes connected by one mantle. The film can introduce Dick and Jason as individuals first, then allow their shared role to create the larger connection. In that respect, Dynamic Duo has a clear entry point for newcomers while offering longtime DC readers a new interpretation of familiar figures.

The project’s focus on Robin is significant because the character has often served as the emotional bridge between Batman’s severe world and the audience. Robin can bring humor, movement and youthful curiosity into a story otherwise dominated by fear and crime. At the same time, the role exposes the costs of life in Gotham. A Robin origin story therefore has the potential to be adventurous without losing sight of vulnerability. With two central characters, the film can show how the same symbol affects different people.

Still, the announcement does not confirm how much Batman himself will appear in Dynamic Duo, nor does it identify the broader supporting cast. It also does not provide details about the film’s release plans, creative team beyond the named performers, animation style or relationship to other DC projects. Those unanswered questions are likely to shape how audiences understand the movie as more information becomes available.

What is clear is the project’s central casting: Mason Thames as Dick Grayson and Logan Kim as Jason Todd, with Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi also attached. That combination gives Dynamic Duo a recognizable foundation while leaving enough room for the film to establish its own identity. The announced performers will be working within a story that draws on well-known DC characters, but the choice to make two Robins the leads gives the project a distinct point of view.

Dynamic Duo arrives with an opportunity to tell a Robin story on its own terms. It can honor the long association between Batman and his partner while examining the two people who inherit the role from different positions. Dick Grayson and Jason Todd offer a natural contrast, and the film’s success will depend on making that contrast feel personal rather than merely symbolic. Thames and Kim will be central to that effort, with their voices carrying the first impression of this new animated partnership.

For now, the casting announcement provides the clearest picture of what DC is building: an animated origin story led by two Robins, supported by an accomplished voice cast and shaped around the idea of a shared legacy. More details will be needed before the film’s plot or place within DC’s broader plans can be understood. Even so, the decision to put Dick Grayson and Jason Todd together gives Dynamic Duo a strong starting point and a premise capable of bringing a fresh focus to one of the most enduring relationships in the Batman universe.