Another version of “Booster Gold” has hit the wall at DC Studios. David Jenkins, creator of “Our Flag Means Death,” says his take on the long-developing series will not be moving forward, just six weeks after announcing that he had finished his pilot.
“My Booster Gold won’t be moving forward,” Jenkins wrote on Threads on Friday. “Can’t improve on Mahershala’s lovely statement so I’ll just apply it here as well.”
The Mahershala Ali statement Jenkins was referring to came from the actor’s new interview, where Ali finally acknowledged that his years-in-development “Blade” movie at Marvel Studios was no longer happening with him involved. “For whatever reason, that project is not for me,” Ali said. “If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it. So I have to move on, and I have moved on.”
Jenkins’ quote-posting of Ali certainly gives his “Booster Gold” announcement a little extra sting. However, his choice of words is worth noting: he specifically said his “Booster Gold” isn’t moving forward, rather than suggesting DC Studios has abandoned the project altogether. And in fact, The Wrap says that’s true: a new series will move forward with a new creative team and a new direction, so it’s not over for Booster.
If anything, “Booster Gold” is becoming accustomed to creative resets. Jenkins joined the project in July 2025, revealing at the time that he was inheriting it from Danny McBride, whose own version never moved forward.
“It’s true y’all! I’m writing a pilot about this lovable goofball for HBO Max,” Jenkins wrote at the time, adding that he was “very happy to inherit this project from Danny McBride,” whom he called, along with James Gunn, one of his “creative heroes.” Jenkins’ version seemed to be making real progress. On June 15, he announced that he had completed and submitted his script. “Just handed the Booster Gold pilot in. I love it. One of my favorite pilot scripts,” he wrote. Apparently, DC ultimately decided not to proceed with that iteration.
“Booster Gold” was originally announced by Gunn and Peter Safran in January 2023 as part of the first wave of projects in their new DC Universe. The comedy centers on Michael Jon Carter, a disgraced athlete from the future who travels back in time using advanced technology and poses as a superhero, with Gunn originally describing the character as essentially a superhero suffering from impostor syndrome.
For now, it’s unclear whether DC will try again with another writer—making Jenkins the second creative direction for “Booster Gold” to fall away—or whether the series itself will simply be put on the shelf.
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