James Gunn pauses movie plans for key DC film - but two TV series are still in the works

James Gunn has revealed that TV series Booster Gold and Paradise Lost are still in the works, while also confirming that development on The Authority movie has been paused.

The projects were announced back in January 2023, when Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled their initial plans for the new DCU across TV and film.

In a series of posts on Threads on Monday (27 April), Gunn said Booster Gold is "in development", and that Paradise Lost is "in extreme development", which presumably means that the latter is further along.

Gunn also revealed that The Authority has been shelved for now.

"The script wasn't quite there but more importantly it didn't work in terms of the larger DCU both in terms of the story and practical concerns. Maybe some day. Not soon," he explained.

The Authority was a series of comic books that launched in 1992 and followed a team of superheroes with extreme methods.

Meanwhile, Booster Gold is being billed as a superhero comedy following the titular character, who is a time-travelling superhero.

Paradise Lost is planned to be an origin story for the Amazons of Themyscira.

Safran previously compared it to Game of Thrones, saying in a statement when the show was announced: "It’s going to be a Games of Thrones-ish story about Themyscira, the home of the Amazons and the birthplace of Wonder Woman. This drama is really about the political intrigue behind the society of all women. How did that come about?"

Gunn added: "What’s the beautiful truths and the ugly truths behind all of that and what’s the scheming like between all the power players in that society?"

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