This text comprises spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6James Gunn reveals that the massive Superman cameo in Peacemaker Season 2 has main implications for the DCU transferring ahead. Within the sixth episode of Peacemaker‘s sophomore season, Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) visits Belle Reeve jail to fulfill with none apart from Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult). Flag makes a cope with Luthor, stating that if he helps him monitor down Peacemaker and his dimensional portal, he might be transferred to a non-meta-human jail, particularly Van Kull Jail, situated close to Metropolis.
On The Peacemaker Official Podcast, Gunn revealed how Lex Luthor’s visitor look in Peacemaker Season 2 units up the upcoming movie, Man of Tomorrow, and might need main ramifications past that movie for the complete DCU’s future. Gunn revealed that the scene was shot on the set of Superman, particularly on the times they have been filming the Pentagon scenes, through which each Hoult’s Lex Luthor and Grillo’s Flag Sr. are current. Relating to the way forward for the DCU, and the way Flag Sr.’s cope with Lex Luthor will play out, Gunn stated:
“So, we have now a very essential second, for not solely Peacemaker, however the complete DCU, in that Rick Flag, the top of ARGUS, strikes a deal principally with Lex Luthor. In trade for Lex Luthor discovering the place Peacemaker’s portal may be, he’s going to maneuver him from a jail with metahumans to a jail with no metahumans.”
Rick Flag Sr. Deal With Luthor Will Have Lasting Penalties on the DCU
Gunn has already confirmed his subsequent DCU movie might be Man of Tomorrow, which he has described as not a Superman sequel however one thing totally different. Nonetheless, each David Corenswet’s Superman and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor will seem, as comedian artwork for the flicks announcement showcased the 2 along with Lex Luthor carrying his energy go well with from the comics. Most indicators level to the film having Superman and Lex Luthor crew as much as fight a much bigger menace, with followers speculating that it might be the long-awaited live-action characteristic movie debut of Brainiac.
Whereas The Suicide Squad established the USA authorities’s willingness to make use of supervillains for its personal achieve, Rick Flag Sr.’s cope with Lex Luthor most definitely may have the tremendous genius manipulating the USA authorities. Lex Luthor may make himself such an important side to businesses like A.R.G.U.S. that they provide him a certain quantity of leniency, ultimately main him to both escape or be willingly let go, probably turning into president, as Luthor did within the comics. In his slender quest for revenge towards Peacemaker, Rick Flag Sr. might need made a cope with the satan that might doom the world.
Two episodes of Peacemaker stay, and following that might be Lanterns on HBO Max someday in Spring 2026. That may then be adopted by Supergirl and Clayface, with rumors circulating that Creature Commandos Season 2 might debut in late 2026 or early 2027. A Booster Gold sequence can be in growth, which might probably debut in 2027. Man of Tomorrow may be two years away, however there are many DCU initiatives on the horizon, many that appear essential to the bigger story at play.
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January 13, 2022
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HBO Max, Max
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Christopher Smith / Peacemaker
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Danielle Brooks
Leota Adebayo
