2025 is an enormous 12 months for the DC Universe, and never simply because its first film, James Gunn’s Superman, flies onto the 2025 movie calendar in July. One month later, Peacemaker Season 2 will premiere on the 2025 TV schedule, with the Max subscription-exclusive sequence being shifted over to this new continuity after beginning out as a DCEU providing. The primary trailer for this new season has arrived, and whereas there’s lots to get pleasure from from it, together with appearances from Nathan Fillion’s Man Garner, Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl and Sean Gunn’s Maxwell Lord, I’m left primarily interested by a selected query about Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller: the place is she following Creature Commandos Season 1?
Right here’s some fast background: on account of The Suicide Squad being loosely thought of a part of DCU continuity because it was written and directed by James Gunn, like John Cena, Davis is among the few DCEU holdovers for this new franchise. As such, we heard her vocally reprising Amanda Waller in Creature Commandos Season 1, and the Waller TV sequence was one of many first DCU tasks to be introduced. Davis additionally made two uncredited appearances in Peacemaker Season 1, which aired in the course of the DCEU days, however it looks as if we received’t be seeing her in Season 2 if this line from John Economos is any indication:
A.R.G.U.S. has been monitoring Peacemaker ever since Rick Flag Sr. was named director.
We’ve identified for a very long time that Frank Grillo is coming to Peacemaker Season 2, with this marking the character’s third look following Creature Commandos (which is returning for an additional season) and Superman in two months time. There’s greater than sufficient justification to convey Rick Flag Sr. into the upcoming DC TV present since because the trailer reminds us, Peacemaker, a.ok.a. Christopher Smith, killed his son, as depicted in The Suicide Squad. However the truth that Sr. is now operating A.R.G.U.S. took me without warning.
On the finish of Peacemaker Season 1, Leota Adebayo, Amanda Waller’s daughter, revealed the existence of Activity Pressure X and Mission Butterfly to the general public, in addition to how her mom was answerable for each. And but, when Creature Commandos started, Waller was nonetheless A.R.G.U.S.’s director, although as a result of Activity Pressure X had been shut down for placing human lives in peril, she was compelled to make use of “monsters” quite than people for Activity Pressure M. So what occurred between then and now that’s resulted in Rick Flag Sr. turning into the brand new A.R.G.U.S. head honcho?
Individuals who’ve seen Peacemaker, however not Creature Commandos, would possibly simply assumes this comes as a part of the aftermath of Leota spilling the beans on TV. Nevertheless, I’m questioning if Amanda Waller’s removing stems from how the occasions of the aforementioned animated sequence practically led to Princess Ilana Rostovic’s plans for world domination succeeding. Possibly someday after the brand new Activity Pressure M was shaped, Waller’s superiors determined it was time for her to go.
Whether or not that’s the rationale for Rick Flag Sr.’s promotion or one thing else, that then begs the query of the place precisely Amanda Waller is. Is she nonetheless at A.R.G.U.S. and simply working in a demoted place? Has she managed to finagle her manner into a unique place within the U.S. authorities? Or has yet-to-be-revealed occasions compelled her to enter hiding? Possibly her whereabouts will likely be one of many explored mysteries in Peacemaker Season 2, though once more, that doesn’t assure we’ll see Viola Davis reprising her function.
My hope is that no matter’s occurred to Amanda Waller will set the stage for the Waller TV sequence. James Gunn acknowledged in February (by way of Selection) that this undertaking has had a “bumpy highway,” however it’s now been re-conceived to comply with Peacemaker Season 2. I suppose we’ll simply have to attend and see how issues unfold on this subsequent batch of Peacemaker episodes, which begin airing on August 21.