GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Star Chris Pratt Responds To Idea Of Playing BOOSTER GOLD In James Gunn's DCU

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Star Chris Pratt Responds To Idea Of Playing BOOSTER GOLD In James Gunn's DCU

The Super Mario Bros. Movie star Chris Pratt has long been a fan-favourite choice to play Booster Gold, and the actor has now responded to that idea. James Gunn, meanwhile, weighs in on Marvel vs. DC...

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By JoshWilding - Apr 04, 2023 06:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Booster Gold
Source: Rolling Stone

DC Studios' "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters" slate left us with plenty to discuss, but the fact we're getting a Booster Gold TV series on HBO Max was arguably among the most exciting announcements.

Fans have been waiting a long time to see the time-travelling superhero in live-action, and while Donald Faison briefly showed up in what would become Legends of Tomorrow's series finale after its cancellation, the character has yet to be given the chance to shine. Well, with that set to change in the new DCU, the question remains: who will play Booster Gold? 

During an interview with Rolling Stone to discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Star-Lord actor Chris Pratt responded to fans who would like to see him make his DCU debut as Booster. 

While he hasn't discussed the role with James Gunn, Pratt did respond: "If James thought I was right for it, then you know that would I would have to consider it."

The site also made sure to ask the filmmaker about his plans as DC Studios' co-CEO and the possibility of this leading to a new rivalry between Marvel and DC. "I think it’s the opposite," he stated. "To be frank, I think the better Marvel movies do, it’s better for DC, and the better DC movies do, it’s better for Marvel."

"When people see bad movies, they don’t want to spend more money on seeing more movies. So you want good movies to happen, especially since we’re making two or three movies a year at DC. So every movie that Marvel has is sort of an advertising for comic-book films, and vice versa. And you don’t want to scare off people from going to the theater."

"And if we’re both making good movies, that’s the best of all situations, which keeps the ball bouncing back and forth. At that point, we can talk about rivalries, and it’d be fun."

DC has a long way to go before being considered rivals to Marvel Studios, even after poor reviews for movies like Eternals and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Gunn has a great attitude about the situation, though, and it will be fun to see how the success of each shared world informs the other in the years ahead.

Booster Gold doesn't currently have a premiere date. 

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/4/2023, 6:28 AM
Well now I'm almost certain Peter dies, also that's a great answer from Gunn. Both companies need to succeed for one another
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/4/2023, 11:52 AM
@bobevanz - Or maybe no 1 dies and they all ride off into the sunset like the original Star Wars trilogy. Not sure if Disney will let Gunn kill any of those characters especially with Secret Wars coming soon. They want as many recognizable faces as possible to get people back in theaters.

Will people be disappointed if no 1 dies in Gotg 3?
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - 4/5/2023, 1:03 PM
@mastakilla39 - I most certainly won't be disappointed as I'd like the entire team to survive.

But for those that need / want death as something that is a 'high stake', I'm only willing to sacrifice Peter & / or Drax from the OG team.

Keep away from Rocket!
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/4/2023, 6:46 AM
''When people see bad movies, they don’t want to spend more money on seeing more movies''

That's a great answer. And not just for CBMs. Same goes with other genres. Could see game adaptations, especially after The Last of Us, DnD and Super Mario Bros, starting to do better now that they find more (critical) success
mountainman
mountainman - 4/4/2023, 7:56 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Yes. Today people have many choices of how and where to spend their time and money. They’ll go into phases where they want to see more or fewer films based on their recent experiences. Most people can identify which years are “good movie years” or “bad movie years”. For the most part, people haven’t returned to their pre-COVID movie theater habits.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/4/2023, 8:03 AM
@mountainman - I'm really tempted to say this year is a good movie year, or atleast a year with a lot of movies I look forward to.

Before COVID I probably wouldn't have gone out to see them all, and I won't now either. Less pandemic related, and more inflation related I think. Think that also effects these choices for a lot of people now.

That aside, there's indeed a plethora of choices to pick from these days.
mountainman
mountainman - 4/4/2023, 8:46 AM
@bkmeijer1 - This looks to be a better year than we’ve gotten in a while. 2018 was the last amazing movie year in my book.

Movies that have already come out that I haven’t seen but am looking forward to:
- Creed 3
- Dungeons and Dragons
- John Wick 4

Upcoming movies I am excited to see:
- Mario Bros
- GOTG3
- Mission Impossible 7
- Oppenheimer
- Dune 2
- Spiderverse 2

Movies that I likely won’t see in theaters but could be interesting:
- Barbie
- Flash
- Blue Beetle
- Elemental
- A Haunting in Venice
- new Hunger Games
- Wonka
- The Color Purple
- Napoleon
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/4/2023, 8:52 AM
@mountainman - yeah, this year is pretty packed with movies I'm excited to see as well. Especially the summer is gonna be packed.

I got DnD this month, Guardians in May, and then Spider-Verse, Transformers, Extraction 2, Asteroid City, Indy 5, M:I 7 and Oppenheimer this summer.

Haven't even really looked what movies are released late this year even.
mountainman
mountainman - 4/4/2023, 8:56 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Yeah and that’s the sign of a good year. We have some different stuff on our lists. A good movie year has stuff for different people. This could be one. Let’s see how these play out.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/4/2023, 10:24 AM
@mountainman - So many movies this year, tbh, D&D onwards just looks incredible. I'm very excited about Spiderverse and GOTG and even though I said I wouldn't, I will probably go see The Flash because I'm that excited about the movie now after having seen the trailer.

It's just the Ezra thing. That's the only thing keeping me away. If I could just get some confirmation that my seeing this movie and contributing to it's success would not mean that Ezra stays on as The Flash...
mountainman
mountainman - 4/4/2023, 11:09 AM
@ObserverIO - I also want to boycott The Flash over Ezra, but man the trailer was good. I’m not paying too much attention to the early hype, but if the reviews from critics and audiences sound like it’s good, I’ll be there too.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 4/5/2023, 8:55 AM
@mountainman - What a great list of movies! I, unfortunately, am severely limited in my spending, so, I'm currently saving to go see The Flash! Hopefully, I can scrape enough together to see M:I 7, as well...👍
mountainman
mountainman - 4/5/2023, 9:06 AM
@Deadinside - Oh I’m mot seeing anywhere near this list in theaters. GOTG3 is for sure. I’d like to also see MI7, Oppenheimer, and Dune 2. The rest certainly look interesting, but I’d likely wait to see them at home. My days of going to the movies multiple times per month are behind me.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 4/5/2023, 9:09 AM
@mountainman - 👍 I can appreciate that...!
Origame
Origame - 4/4/2023, 6:50 AM
So Chris Pratt and Jason sudeikis as Ted Kord and booster gold respectively?

I actually really think that could work.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 4/4/2023, 7:53 AM
Please please no
Pampero
Pampero - 4/4/2023, 9:04 AM
It's not an easy role to fill, that's for sure. The actor will need to have the perfect balance of humor and heroism to bring the character to life on the screen. Let's hope they cast someone who can do justice to the beloved DC Comics character. After all, Booster Gold is not just any superhero - he's the ultimate showman, and we deserve nothing less than a truly golden performance.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 4/4/2023, 9:38 AM
If he wasn't Starlord, then yeah I can definitely see him as Booster Gold.
IMCOOLURNOT
IMCOOLURNOT - 4/4/2023, 9:43 AM
"To be frank, I think the better Marvel movies do, it’s better for DC, and the better DC movies do, it’s better for Marvel."

Yes sir
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/4/2023, 10:40 AM
@IMCOOLURNOT - It just makes so much sense.
I mean, we blame Phase 4 for superhero fatigue and it has certainly contributed, but it's also all the bad movies from other companies. Bad DCEU and Sony cbms have been undermining all the progress that good cbms have made.
If the GA get enough comic book movies that use Batman & Robin logic of 'Here's a superhero, with powers and you just have to accept it despite how silly it is', then the audience will eventually get tired of the genre and will regard it as beneath them (like they used to do).

Also, it's the whole idea of competition. Bad DC movies have made Marvel complacent. They've been looking at DC getting away with making mediocre movies that don't really care about the audience and they've even started to do the same kinda things in their movies. Just movies that don't care about making sense or being good.

But good movies from DC (or even Sony) will create competition. Good, healthy competition. It will force Marvel to up it's game and not rest on it's laurels. And that means more good cbms for everyone and the GA will be coming back in to sit in all those empty seats next to us again and cheering right alongside us. It was good to have them with us recently for movies like Endgame and No Way Home. Let's not alienate them any further. Lets entice them back.

I love what James Gunn is saying here and with him now in charge of DC movies and Kevin making more of an effort to give us quality over quantity, I think we just about might be able to pull this thing (and the GA) back.

In the words of a very silly hero from one of the silliest and worst movies:
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