The superhero television series from DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe (DCU) have received some production updates via Production Weekly, verifying reports from r/DCULeaks from last year. The comedy Booster Gold is listed as in active development, while the “terrestrial-based” cosmic detective story Lanterns is being produced by Gunn and Safran alongside Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, Lost), who was previously revealed to be consulting on it, and comic book writer and DC Studios writers’ room member Tom King. Also confirmed in the listing is that Chris Mundy (True Detective, Criminal Minds, Ozark) is serving as showrunner of Lanterns (which was also first revealed by r/DCULeaks). That’s an impressive resume while Nathan Fillion will reprise his Superman: Legacy role as the Green Lantern Guy Gardner, bowl cut and all. This lends to indicate that DC Studios is ramping up production after a slow development year, save for Superman, no thanks to the dual Hollywood strikes.
The spy series Waller is also still in development, after it was originally set for a 2024 release though that may be delayed as filming has yet to occur due to the strikes preventing work from progressing last year. Alongside Gunn and Safran (the latter also through The Safran Company), the series has added some remarkable talent in Chris Provenzano (Mad Men, Justified), who is producing the series with showrunners Christal Henry and Jeremy Carver. Amanda Waller herself Viola Davis is also producing through her and film producer Julius Tennon’s production company JuVee Productions. (Tennon is not known to be involved.) One recurring name in these listings is casting director John Papsidera (The Dark Knight, Tenet, The Suicide Squad), who is the overall CD for the DCU and has had a stellar track record already with Superman: Legacy, which is also being produced with executive producer Charles Roven’s Atlas Entertainment while Lars P. Winther, who worked on Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films as a co-producer, is also among the producer team. The production logline for Waller states:
“A live action series, the spinoff of Peacemaker, centered around Amanda Waller and her relationship with her daughter, Leota. If there's one government bureaucrat who shouldn't be messed with, it’s Amanda Waller, founder of the infamous Task Force X, better known as the Suicide Squad.”
Loeta Adebayo was portrayed by Danielle Brooks in Peacemaker, and she will reprise her role in this series.