Overview
- Creator and showrunner David Jenkins posted on Threads Friday that his Booster Gold adaptation “won’t be moving forward,” quoting Mahershala Ali’s recent remarks about Blade.
- Jenkins was hired in July 2025 to write the pilot and serve as showrunner and he announced on June 15 that he had delivered the pilot script.
- DC Studios and HBO have not issued a public comment and industry outlets report the decision comes from internal development choices rather than a confirmed public cancellation by the companies.
- At least one report says DC intends to restart Booster Gold with a new creative team, and no casting had been officially confirmed for Jenkins’ version despite earlier rumblings about Kumail Nanjiani.
- The halt joins several recent superhero development setbacks and highlights ongoing creative turnover in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s Chapter One slate, a factor that could shift the timing and lineup of future DCU releases.