Author: Graeme McMillan / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
After his firing from Disney and Marvel, it appears that many people want to work with James Gunn, including — unsurprisingly — Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. If Gunn defects from Marvel to DC, he’ll be the second writer-director to do so (following Joss Whedon, who went from Avengers: Age of Ultron to working on Justice League after Zack Snyder stepped away), and the most-high-profile defection imaginable. But which character would fit the controversial mind behind the Guardians of the Galaxy movies?
Meet Michael Jon Carter. Or, as he’s better known to the DC universe, Booster Gold.
Booster, a superhero created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens in 1986, has long been a fan favorite of DC’s comic book faithful, as well as a character seemingly stuck in cinematic limbo; a movie adaptation scripted by Zack Stentz and directed by Greg Berlanti was revealed to be in development back in May 2016, but there’s been little forward movement since then. (Even outside of the wide-scale shifts in DC movie plans, Berlanti has, of course, been occupied with his voluminous television work, all of which might explain why the project has gone quiet.
) Booster Gold is, however, the ideal vehicle for Gunn to use to enter DC’s cinematic universe.For those unfamiliar with the character, Booster Gold is a time-traveling hero who travels from the future with some stolen technology with a simple…
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