Noah has pointed us towards an x.com post from @homeofdcu that writes

David Jenkins has been attached to Booster Gold as a showrunner and executive producer. This would indicate that DC Studios picked up his pilot script for the series.

To substantiate their report, Home of DCU directs readers to the website of the Writers Guild of America (directories.wga.org), where I grabbed this screenshot:

Looks like one step closer. That's pretty cool. Thanks for the good word, Noah.

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Thing 1: Regarding my conundrum of removing non-unique appearances from the Boosterrific! Database, Booster boosters seem to generally prefer that Boosterrific.com lists only comics with distinct Booster Gold appearances (option B). Rather than throw away that data forever, I've tried to ensure that there are now only two places on the site where you'll find links to those issues (the lists of books for specific advertisements accessible via the Advertisements page and the dropdown to select issues on the Comic Books landing page). Hopefully that will satisfy the largest number of critics, including the annoying little voice in the back of my mind that continues to complain about choices made by younger me.

Thing 2: As you're probably aware, Supergirl, um, underpeformed at the box office on its opening weekend. As the always-worth-reading ProgressiveRuin.com points out, there's probably more than one reason for that. (I'm part of the problem; I didn't see it either. Widely advertising that it's based on the work of my least favorite writer is a pretty good way to make sure I stay away.) Whatever the exact cause(s), there's no way the end result at the box office helps the development of the forever-in-the-works Booster Gold television show. Maybe people will respond better to Lanterns.

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Earlier today, David Jenkins posted to Bluesky:

Just handed the Booster Gold pilot in. I love it. One of my favorite pilot scripts. 💙💛
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Cool. Though it inspired a few thoughts.

If the earlier instance of Jenkins deleting his posts about working on the Booster Gold television show wasn't an indication that he was off the project, why didn't he say so at the time? And here he's saying he's just happy about the script itself (which he's clearly not contractually prevented for admitting exists). Does all this indicate behind the scenes friction with the production or the studio?

And should we read anything into the blue and gold hearts? Hmm?

Whatever. So long as it's good.

Thanks to Rob Snow for ensuring I saw this.

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"Real random Booster sighting." That's how Rob Snow described this screenshot he sent me taken from an Argentine cartoon titled La Huella Del Oro.

"Random" certainly seems to be the right word.

Although the show is not yet available to American audiences (it debuted in Argentina on April 13), there's a trailer for it on the YouTube channel of HBO Max Latinoamérica and Adult Swim LA, which gives no indication that it has anything to do with DC Comics (other than that HBO Max, Adult Swim, and DC are all sister companies). It seems like Booster and Beetle are just in the crowd as easter eggs for viewers in the know.

I don't speak Spanish, so I have to rely on Google to translate the series plot as described on the Latin America version of cartoonnetwork.fandom.com:

Fafner is a mercenary who arrives in a city under attack as its population is being decimated. Amidst a battle of fire and ice, Fafner relentlessly pursues his reward. On his quest to recover fragments of his past, he crosses the lines between good and evil in encounters with sea monsters, bar fights, and gladiators.

That sounds like more sword-and-sandals fantasy than superheroics to me.

While Booster and Beetle might seem to be an obscure choice for background easter eggs outside the DC Universe, it may be that the animators just like the duo. Several years ago Booster booster Ariel Justel let us know that the Justice League International made a big impression in Argentina, leaving a lasting affinity for Blue and Gold among Argentine comic book fans.

Whatever the reason, it's just another example of how you really never know where Booster Gold might turn up next. Thanks, Rob!

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Multiple entertainment websites (such as Variety.com and BleedingCool.com) have reported that earlier this week on Threads, James Gunn was asked the following question by "averagecbfan":

"Is Booster Gold still in development? I'm hearing rumors that Booster Gold and Paradise lost have been canceled??"

Gunn's answer:

"BG is in development. PL is in extreme development."

Ok, cool. Congratulations to "PL," I guess.

I'm not going to pretend that I understand what that means, but it does, technically, count as a progress update on the television project that Gunn first announced in January 2023.

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