Two months in the past, the DC Universe lastly obtained underway with the animated sequence Creature Commandos, which will be streamed with a Max subscription and can return for a second season. There’s much more to stay up for from this new franchise within the new future, together with Superman’s launch in July, Peacemaker Season 2 following a month later, and Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow, Clayface and Lanterns are all slated for 2026.
However there are additionally plenty of upcoming DC motion pictures and upcoming DC TV reveals which might be nonetheless alongside methods off from shifting ahead, if that even occurs in any respect. And actually, after listening to a brand new rumor on what’s holding up Booster Gold, Waller and The Authority, I hope a kind of three tasks simply will get placed on the shelf.
The place Issues Allegedly Stand With Booster Gold, Waller And The Authority
For these unaware, final week, DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran held a particular DC Presentation occasion that journalists attended, together with CinemaBlend’s personal Eric Eisenberg. That included Gunn saying the next in regards to the aforementioned DCU tasks:
We’ve got Booster Gold goes fairly robust. Waller has had a few setbacks, frankly. And Authority has had some points. However every part else has gone fairly nicely.
Effectively, scooper MyTimeToShineHello claims to know what particular points popped up for these three tasks, though take this data with a grain of salt for now. Booster Gold is claimed to nonetheless be in growth, however the seek for a showrunner stays ongoing because of the earlier candidate, Eastbound & Down’s Danny McBride, turning into “too busy” and having “misplaced curiosity.” Waller can be nonetheless on observe and has a showrunner, actors and scripts, however James Gunn apparently “isn’t happy” with the scripts, so that they’re being rewritten till they meet his approval.
As for The Authority, the film is supposedly “presently on pause as a result of it’s thought of too dangerous.” Particularly, Warner Bros. Discovery, together with president and CEO David Zaslav, are “hesitant to speculate $150M+ in an R-rated movie based mostly on a lesser recognized IP.” So now the corporate is seeking to both decrease The Authority’s price range or possibly flip it into an animated film.
I Hope The Authority Doesn’t Transfer Ahead
Of all of the DCU tasks that have been introduced again in January 2023, The Authority was the one I used to be least desirous about studying about. Granted, a part of this stemmed from me by no means studying the unique comedian e-book sequence, so I don’t have an attachment to those characters. However past that, in a world the place we’ve gotten R-rated/TV-MA superhero content material like Logan, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Boys, Invincible, Doom Patrol and The Umbrella Academy, The Authority has an uphill battle making an attempt to face out, even when it did assist popularize tales that includes extra intense and violent superheroes. Now bearing in mind the alleged points affecting The Authority’s growth, possibly it’d simply be higher to set it apart.
That’s to not say I don’t need Authority characters to seem within the DCU. In spite of everything, María Gabriela de Faría will seem as Angela Spica, a.ok.a. The Engineer, in Superman, and it could be cool for fellow crew members like Midnighter and Apollo to be current in sure tales. However The Authority simply isn’t one thing that excites me, nor does it sound like an particularly integral element to the broader DCU plans. Will I watch it if it comes out in any type? In all probability, however I additionally will likely be high quality if it finally ends up being scrapped.
For now, I’m waiting for the discharge of Superman on July 11. And as for Booster Gold and Waller, I’m wanting ahead to studying extra about what these TV reveals should supply and roughly once we can anticipate them.