It’s easy to forget, but part of DC Studios’ initial slate reveal included a TV show for one Booster Gold. There’s been nothing about it since then, but now we know who’ll be spearheading the show-to-be.
Per Deadline, Our Flag Means Death creator David Jenkins has signed on to write the series’ pilot. If it gets the green light, he’ll also run the show, which centers on Michael “Booster” Carter, a fame-seeking superhero from the 25th century who comes to the present day to build up his superhero profile by staging high-profile heroics. The character’s been a fan favorite since he was created by Dan Jurgens in 1986, and usually paired with Ted Kord, a.k.a. Blue Beetle.
Fans of DC’s TV slate might remember Booster Gold from his appearances in Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave & the Bold, and Justice League Action. In live-action, he’s been played by Eric Marstoff in Smallville and, more recently, Donald Faison in Legends of Tomorrow’s final season. (Had that show gone on, he’d have joined the Legends.) Arrowverse co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg tried for a Booster show in 2013 over on SyFy that never materialized.
If it gets to development, this Booster series will join the already known Lanterns, Paradise Lost, and Waller shows. Following Superman’s success, DC Studios co-head James Gunn has indicated Mister Terrific or Jimmy Olsen (or both) could have TV spinoffs in their future as well.
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