DC Studios shelves three TV projects: Waller, Paradise Lost, and Booster Gold no longer moving forward

Three DC Studios television projects — the Viola Davis-led Waller, the Wonder Woman prequel Paradise Lost, and the long-gestating Booster Gold series — are no longer in active development. Variety reported the news on 12 August 2026, confirming an earlier break by industry newsletter The Ankler.

None of the three had ever been ordered to series, meaning none had received a formal production commitment. But each had been presented to the public as part of the DC Universe's television roadmap under studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.

The Waller series was first reported to be in the works in May 2022, roughly five months before Gunn and Safran were named co-heads of DC Studios. It would have seen Viola Davis reprise her role as Amanda Waller, the government operative she played in both Suicide Squad films. When Gunn and Safran unveiled their first slate of ten film and television projects on 31 January 2023, Waller was on it — listed with Team Peacemaker attached. By February 2023, HBO chief Casey Bloys publicly described the series as being in active development, according to Variety.

Paradise Lost was part of that same January 2023 slate. Set on the island of Themyscira before the birth of Wonder Woman, it was pitched as a prequel exploring the politics and society of the Amazons. As recently as February 2025, Variety reported that DC Studios remained in development on the project. In April 2026, Deadline placed both Paradise Lost and Booster Gold as still in the works.

By the end of July 2026, the picture had changed. Variety reported on 31 July that Booster Gold was not moving forward, with series writer David Jenkins confirming the news. That same article noted Waller and Paradise Lost were also no longer advancing at DC Studios and HBO. Two weeks later, Variety's fuller report made it official across all three titles.

Reps for DC Studios declined to comment when contacted by Variety.

For fans of the DC Universe, the shelvings trim the television pipeline down to projects further along in the process. Under Gunn and Safran, DC Studios has greenlit Lanterns, an HBO Green Lantern series starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. The animated series Creature Commandos launched and has been renewed for a second season. A Jimmy Olsen true-crime mockumentary series is also in the works, with Skyler Gisondo reprising his Superman film role as Olsen, Jimmy Tatro as Gorilla Grodd, and Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault serving as showrunners.

On the film side, one project has also hit a pause. Deadline reported in April 2026 that Gunn had put The Authority on hold, with Gunn himself saying: "Maybe some day. Not soon."

Gunn has separately stated on his official Threads account that DC Studios will continue producing "Elseworlds" content — stories set outside the main DC Universe continuity. That commitment to standalone titles remains, even as three series that once sat on the in-universe roadmap quietly leave it.