Kumail Nanjiani Reportedly Cast as DCU’s Booster Gold

DCU has plenty of projects currently being in development and actively being worked on, and one of them is a live-action ‘Booster Gold’ TV series. Recently, James Gunn revealed that the show is being actively worked on but it’s not going to go into production anytime soon.

Still, this didn’t stop the rumors related to casting the titular character from spreading, and due to their connections to the DCU head, James Gunn, both Antony Starr and Chris Pratt were connected to the character.

Now NexusPoint news reports that Kumail Nanjiani was cast as Booster Gold, but take this with a grain of salt considering that they failed to provide significant evidence to support the claim besides one X post that seems to imply that Nanjiani is now a part of a DCU.

The development of ‘Booster Gold’ has been quite long even without DCU in the picture, since the show was ordered back in 2011 for SyFy channel. In the last few weeks, it’s been reported that several writers have joined the team for the series. The writing team will include Danny McBride, John Carcieri, and Jeff Fradley, frequent collaborators best known for their work on ‘The Righteous Gemstones.’

As far as Nanjiani goes he is a successful writer, actor, comedian, and podcaster with plenty of notable roles under his belt. He has appeared in numerous television shows, including notable roles in ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Franklin & Bash.’ Nanjiani has also been featured in films such as ‘The Big Sick’ (which he co-wrote and starred in, based on his real-life experiences), ‘Stuber,’ ‘The Lovebirds,’ and ‘Eternals.’

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