Booster Gold Coming to Syfy?

Booster Gold, the handsome time-traveler from the DC universe, is in development for a TV series on SyFy. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that SyFy has ordered a one-hour script based on the character, most likely for a pilot to explore the possibility of an ongoing series.

Michael John Carter was born in Gotham City in the 25^th century, and went back in time to the (then) 20^th century to use his future acquired knowledge for highly-publicized heroic feats and to be recognized as a superhero instead of the washed up sports star that he was in his own time.

Booster was featured on the long-running series Smallville where he was portrayed by Eric Martsolf. It’s unclear whether or not SyFy is using that Smallville appearance as a starting point for this latest show.

I don’t have much opinion about this either way, simply because I’m not that familiar with the character outside of the occasional plastic appearance in the toy aisles. I never watched Smallville, either, so I can’t even say whether or not superheroes work on television, besides the timeless Batman: The Animated Series. Although, in full disclosure, I watched Heroes on NBC and thought it did everything well initially and then started is at first slow decline and then transitioned into a full on head-first dive into a pool of garbage.

This Booster series got me thinking, though. What other super heroes could work on a low to mid-budget television series?

Before the WB greenlit Smallville, they explored a young Bruce Wayne growing up in Gotham. Could a young or “Year One” Batman series work? Green Lantern? And we can’t forget about the Marvel Universe; Spider-man, Fantastic Four, or hell, why couldn’t Doctor Strange have his own show?

Now, my dream would be a serious-minded, X-files style B.P.R.D. show on a respected adult network like HBO, but that probably won’t ever happen, but hey MIgnola, if you’re reading this, make it happen.

So, what do you think? Please leave us a comment in the comment section below and tell us what superhero/comic series you’d like to see on the small screen!

Tags: DC, Comic Book News, Booster Gold TV Show, Syfy