Greg Berlanti Confirms BOOSTER GOLD Movie; Reveals Why He Wouldn't Direct A FLASH Movie Without Grant Gustin

Greg Berlanti Confirms BOOSTER GOLD Movie; Reveals Why He Wouldn't Direct A FLASH Movie Without Grant Gustin

Arrow and The Flash producer Greg Berlanti confirms his and Zack Stentz's involvement with Booster Gold while also revealing why he has no plans to helm the Scarlet Speedster's movie...

By JoshWilding - May 12, 2016 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
In a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter, DC TV producer extrodinairre Greg Berlanti confirmed that Warner Bros. are moving forward with a Booster Gold movie, and it definitely sounds like he's eyeing the director's chair for that particular DC Comics adaptation. "I'm attached to a few films [at Warner Bros.] now, and one, Booster Gold, is a DC property. Zack Stentz, who wrote an episode of Flash last year, just got the job, so he's writing the script now. I'd probably direct that, or I would want to. But I don't see my cup as limited. I actually think some of the stuff we get to do on the TV side is richer, deeper and more like the true comic books in the sense that you're always able to explore a new thing the next week and the stories grow wider and wider." That's evident from how well The Flash has been doing on the small screen, and with the Fastest Man Alive's movie recently losing its director, Berlanti revealed that he doesn't have any plans to take the helm of that. 

"No one's discussed that with me, but I could never direct a Flash movie that Grant Gustin wasn't the lead of," he explained. "He's my Flash." As for the advice he would give whoever does end up in charge of that one, Berlanti added: "We have three words above the door [of the Flash writers room]: "Heart, humor and spectacle. If you're going to do something like The Flash, part of what made Barry Allen so great was that he was this guy in the middle of all these superheroes who couldn't believe that he was there, and he loved it. It was the first comic book character who made me cry. He died in Crisis on Infinite Earths saving everybody, and he was the last one anyone expected to save everyone, so inherent in this character was this heartbroken sadness and sacrifice, but at the same time this joy. That duality is something I've really latched on to in a lot of what I've done. This is the only Flash I'd know how to do." What do you guys think of these comments from the producer?
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MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/12/2016, 8:42 AM
"Heart, humor and spectacle."

'Nuff said right here.
Matfin93
Matfin93 - 5/12/2016, 8:55 AM
@MattBellissimo - shut up stop thinking you run the site, also change your hipster profile pic, you're a good looking guy, but it annoys me
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/12/2016, 9:00 AM
.....da fuq? I just write and comment here like anyone else.....
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/12/2016, 9:01 AM
....also no.
Menks123
Menks123 - 5/12/2016, 9:05 AM
@MattBellissimo - Damn you and your hipster glasses....bastard

/s
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/12/2016, 9:05 AM
@Menks123 - Lol they're thinner than they appear!

DarkModeDan
DarkModeDan - 5/12/2016, 9:06 AM
@Matfin93 - ...

Well dang.

You okay there bud? Someone piss in your coffee this morning or something? Do you need to talk about it?
batz11
batz11 - 5/12/2016, 9:07 AM
@Matfin93 - bad day?
I'll apologize for him Matt...this site has gone to serious shit because of comments like ^^^ - remember, if you can't say something nice, don't say it ';)

Kman
Kman - 5/12/2016, 8:54 AM
I find Grant Gustin to be overrated... I know, I'm an asshole.
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/12/2016, 9:03 AM
@Kman - Yeah, you are.

Wait.....why?

;-)
IkeHatesMike
IkeHatesMike - 5/12/2016, 9:04 AM
@Kman - ASSHOLE
Kman
Kman - 5/12/2016, 9:14 AM
@MattBellissimo @IkeHatesMike - I know... my wife reminds me everyday.

I just feel like they could get an actor with a better acting ability for the movies. Still not sold on Ezra but don't hate it either. Despite peoples issues with his sexuality, the guy can act.
DjTheMarvelKid
DjTheMarvelKid - 5/12/2016, 9:45 AM
@Kman - Wait he's LGBT yes
DTor91
DTor91 - 5/12/2016, 11:03 AM
@Kman - Agreed, I think the show itself is pretty overrated as well. I feel season 1 was pretty good for the most part, but the typical CW trappings holds it back from being more. I'm not up to date on season 2 but from what I've seen, it's the creatives played their hand way too early. They're jumping the gun on showing Flash's many great villains but with no pay off. I heard the latest episode was one of the series' best though.
Kman
Kman - 5/12/2016, 11:08 AM
@DTor91 - Yea... I blame the choice to put these shows on The CW for the rolling eye effect and teen love drama feel. This is just the Smallville version of The Flash. FX or AMC would've knocked this outta the park.
PicolasCage
PicolasCage - 5/12/2016, 8:54 AM
Too bad berlanti's work is a steaming pile of shit
Kozmik
Kozmik - 5/12/2016, 8:56 AM
As opposed to Grimness, humorlessness and stuff blowing up?
ThunderDog8
ThunderDog8 - 5/12/2016, 8:57 AM

Kr08
Kr08 - 5/12/2016, 8:57 AM
There is a reason why they don't want the show involved with the movies, the actors are not as good. Ezra Miller is an actor that will probably end up winning an Oscar, while Gustin will probably be stuck on TV for the rest of his life.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 5/12/2016, 9:01 AM
@Kr08 - LOL, if you think Miller will win an Oscar as Barry Allen then you need to have your head Z-Rayed!
IkeHatesMike
IkeHatesMike - 5/12/2016, 9:05 AM
@slickrickdesigns - He means in general.
Kr08
Kr08 - 5/12/2016, 9:06 AM
@slickrickdesigns - I didn't say he will win as Barry Allen. I said Miller's future probably involves winning an oscar. Just look at his performance in We Need To Talk About Kevin, Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Stanford Prison Experiment, the guy is a powerhouse.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 5/12/2016, 9:25 AM
@Kr08 - more like a power bottom... dude will win an oscar in some dumb movie I could care less about. Doesn't mean he should play the Flash.

If thats the case then we have a lot of girly actors who should play shazam.
Kman
Kman - 5/12/2016, 9:59 AM
@slickrickdesigns - Oh cmon man... That's the whole point of being an actor. Maybe he has some "girly" tendencies in real life, but that won't necessarily be what you see on screen.
Zappy
Zappy - 5/12/2016, 10:09 AM
@Kr08 - Screw that. After seeing especially that last episode, the humor and the emotional moments, and also the authority he exuded when waking up Jessie - Put him on film with Hollywood production quality, I have total faith that Gustin as an actor could fit right in with the movie guys.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 5/12/2016, 10:14 AM
@Kman - I seent it already... Not an appealing Flash... Dumb Cameos.. can't make the Flash look cool in his own cameo.

Kman
Kman - 5/12/2016, 10:22 AM
@slickrickdesigns - Well there wasn't a ton of material to work with in the cameos... I thought the warning cameo was fine, not entirely audible (but that's how it was written)and I mean the second one was security footage. I'm not sure what more you expected from that last scene. Can't exactly gauge much from it. The hair is what bothered me the most.
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