Many of the upcoming DC motion pictures and upcoming DC TV reveals will happen within the DC Universe, the brand new shared continuity that’s rising from the ashes of the DC Prolonged Universe. Nonetheless, there are some holdovers from that previous actuality, together with that the occasions of The Suicide Squad are DCU canon, which in flip means the Max subscription-exclusive spinoff collection Peacemaker can also be canon… nicely, virtually all of it. There may be one main exception, however I’m happy to listen to from collection creator and DC Studios co-head James Gunn that this will likely be handled in Peacemaker Season 2.
In an interview with IGN, Gunn, who additionally wrote and directed The Suicide Squad and carried out the identical duties on the brand new Superman film, talked about that the Justice League scene from the Peacemaker Season 1 finale will stay solely tied to the DCEU. Nonetheless, this gained’t merely be ignored when Season 2 premieres on the 2025 TV schedule, with Gunn saying:
The reality is nearly all of Peacemaker is canon aside from Justice League… which we’ll type of cope with within the subsequent season of Peacemaker.
In case you want a refresher, after John Cena’s Christopher Smith and his allies destroyed Undertaking Butterfly and had been leaving the scene, they bumped into Superman, Marvel Girl, Aquaman and Flash, with the latter two being reprised by Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller, respectively. The Justice Leaguers arrived too late to assist out, prompting Smith to lob some insults at them. It was particularly hilarious to see them present up contemplating how Peacemaker Season 1 was peppered with different insults and outright lies/misinformation about these superheroes and extra from the title character.
So how will Peacemaker Season 2 “type of deal” with this conflict of continuities? If I needed to guess, there will likely be a flashback to that Season 1 finale second, however it’s going to substitute these the DCEU’s Superman, Marvel Girl, Aquaman and Flash for different heroes. Truthfully, I wouldn’t even count on this similar lineup of heroes for the DCU model. Possibly David Corenswet’s model of the Man of Metal might seem, however different could possibly be simply be substituted in, like Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl or Edi Gathegi’s Mr. Terrific.
Regardless, this might be a great way to sign how we’re now following together with the occasions of Peacemaker within the DC Universe with out making it a giant deal. That’s simply my idea for now, and one in all many questions that must be answered in Peacemaker Season 2. Whereas no particular plot particulars have been introduced but, we do know that Frank Grillo will reprise Rick Flag Sr. following voicing the character in Creature Commandos and taking part in him on digital camera in Superman. Sol Rodríguez and Tim Meadows will even respectively play Sasha Bordeaux and Langston Fleury.
Peacemaker Season 2 will premiere in August 2025 and include eight episodes, all of which James Gunn wrote and three of which he directed. Forward of this, Creature Commandos drops December 5 on Max, and Superman’s theatrical launch follows on July 11, 2025.