Peacemaker Season 1 was made when the DC Prolonged Universe was nonetheless round. So though Season 2 has been included into the DC Universe and is just a few days away from premiering on the 2025 TV schedule, the HBO Max present’s placement on this new franchise means points of Season 1 are now not canon. Probably the most notable instance of that is the Justice League cameo within the Season 1 finale, however recent off of assembly Superman and Supergirl on the 2025 motion pictures schedule, Peacemaker creator and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has revealed one superhero who isn’t essentially a part of this continuity proper now.
Within the Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn episode overlaying the Peacemaker Season 1 finale, Gunn and actors Jennifer Holland (additionally his spouse) and Steve Agee introduced up the point out of Inexperienced Arrow in a… reasonably unflattering mild. But it surely’s at present up within the air whether or not or not that second stays canon within the DCU, with Gunn saying:
Is Inexperienced Arrow canon? I don’t know. I’m not prepared to say but. We don’t actually know. We don’t have Inexperienced Arrow as a part of our system proper now. So perhaps Inexperienced Arrow exists, perhaps he doesn’t, I’m undecided.
The DCU has additionally launched characters just like the Creature Commandos, Man Gardner, Hawkgirl and Mr. Terrific inside the final 9 months, and we all know that Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Batman, Marvel Girl, Clayface, Lobo and Booster Gold are among the many others lined as much as seem in upcoming DC motion pictures and upcoming DC TV exhibits. However so far as Inexperienced Arrow goes, he hasn’t factored into James Gunn’s plans for this franchise but. So it’ll be as much as particular person viewers to resolve if that point out of Oliver Queen’s masked persona is canon till Gunn makes an official resolution on his DC standing.
That stated, perhaps it could be for the very best if Inexperienced Arrow doesn’t exist on this world simply but. In “It’s Cow or By no means,” John Cena’s Christopher Smith claimed that the Emerald Archer “goes to Brony conventions dressed because the again half of Twilight Sparkle with a four-inch extensive butthole drilled into the costume.” It was certainly one of many ridiculous statements Smith made about DC superheroes in Peacemaker Season 1, although Steve Agee’s John Economos stated he’s heard this rumor was true too. Whereas there have been certainly loads of followers who laughed at that joke, Arrow star Stephen Amell “didn’t fuckin’ respect it in any respect.”
The Justice League cameo and some superhero mentions apart, nearly all of Peacemaker Season 1 stays intact as we go into Season 2, so refresh your self on what went down earlier than this new batch of episodes kicks off on HBO Max. It’d even be sensible to look at Superman both digitally or at your native theater, as Season 2 takes place a month after these occasions.