Here's The Latest On DC Studios' Plans For PEACEMAKER Season 2 And WALLER

Here's The Latest On DC Studios' Plans For PEACEMAKER Season 2 And WALLER

We had hoped to see DC Studios' Waller on our screens this year, but following last year's Hollywood strikes, we have a long-awaited update on that and James Gunn's Peacemaker season 2. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Mar 05, 2024 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

Last year's WGA strikes slowed the DCU's roll, and while Creature Commandos will still premiere in 2024 as planned, Waller is no longer likely to be released before SUPERMAN (formerly known as Superman: Legacy).

We'd expected the Max series to set the tone for the DCU, revealing how James Gunn intends to reboot the DCEU while still keeping many of the actors he worked with on The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker

While we wait and see what happens on that front, scooper Daniel Richtman is today reporting that both Waller and Peacemaker season 2 will begin shooting later this year. Gunn has yet to confirm or debunk these claims, though they do line up with what we've previously heard about plans for the shows. 

Gunn previously confirmed that Waller comes first, with Peacemaker up next. When plans for the latter to get a second season - as part of the DCEU - were announced, the filmmaker said, "Creating Peacemaker has been one of the true highlights of my life, both professionally and otherwise, with John Cena and the incredible creative team around me, as well as our partners at HBO Max."

"To have something we all love so much be loved by the audience in turn has been a wonderful experience. I can’t wait for folks to see where Team Peacemaker goes in season two."

No plot details have been revealed for Peacemaker season 2, but when Waller was announced, it was confirmed that Viola Davis will reprise her role with the show set to also feature appearances from "Team Peacemaker." The series will be written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver (Supernatural).

"For me, it was just about seeing who Peacemaker was," Gunn told us in 2022 when we asked about how he made one of The Suicide Squad's most despicable characters someone we could root for. "I knew that I loved the guy. I knew that I felt sorry for him and I knew that he was trapped in what would be called toxic masculinity."

"He’s trapped in this world set down by his father that has forced him into being a certain way, but in his heart, he’s an artist. He’s the guy we see at the end of episode six playing the piano. That’s who Peacemaker is, and yet, he’s become something completely different than that."

"He’s a guy whose soul was truly saved by rock ‘n’ roll," Gunn continued. "That was his ultimate form of rebellion, but also his way of maintaining himself and who he is to some slight degree. I think if I loved him, I always figured other people would probably fall in love with him too."

Are you excited for Waller and Peacemaker?

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emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 3/5/2024, 6:01 AM
Loved Peacemaker s1, but I was hoping for a total reboot with the DCU, maybe recast Cena as a different character?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/5/2024, 6:10 AM
Cool if true , most intrigued to see how they are integrated into this new DCU (I’m assuming it won’t be actively acknowledged and we’ll just move forward like business as usual).

Anyway , Peacemaker S1 was solid so looking forward to seeing S2 continue his & the supporting casts stories!!.



We’ll see about Waller , not real interested in that yet but it’s got a good creative team behind it imo!!.
lord22
lord22 - 3/5/2024, 6:16 AM
@TheVisionary25 - if it's the case and i'm sure it will be

i'll consider peacemaker s2 to be the last dceu project not aquaman 2
WATCHT0WER
WATCHT0WER - 3/5/2024, 7:36 AM
@TheVisionary25 - agree on all point. Season one was great. John Cena has really embraced the role and the humour and character development was top notch.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/5/2024, 7:43 AM
@WATCHT0WER - the humor was hit or miss for me but I do agree about the character development

Cena always had a solid comedic chops but this showed he can be dramatic well too.
cubichy
cubichy - 3/5/2024, 6:22 AM
Its a shitshow, I absolutely hate it and ss2.i never watched peacemaker, couldn't makenot.pastbep 1.was so turned off by it. He needs to let that legacy show go and really reboot the entire universe, new take on everything. Cena cannot act anyway, if he keeps it, new actor. Comic movies are dead and the dcu helped do that.
Wilke589
Wilke589 - 3/5/2024, 10:07 AM
@cubichy - So much stupid in a single comment. Congrats.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/5/2024, 1:30 PM
@cubichy -

Here he is, Zack Snyder.
PC04
PC04 - 3/5/2024, 3:27 PM
@cubichy - send bobs and vagin
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/5/2024, 6:47 AM

This is a good thing.

If Superman Legacy is great (Superman 2 level), then we can try this stuff out with some optimism.

If Superman Legacy blows (Green Lantern level), we can just ignore this stuff as the new DCU implodes at the beginning.

RedFury
RedFury - 3/5/2024, 12:42 PM
@DocSpock - maybe it's blind optimism, but I truly feel Gunn's Superman will be a hit. There's so much riding on it being a success, that I can't really see him making bad decisions that will turn off the audience. And with how much the man is online, he's bound to know what fans want, and what to steer away from.

This is at least what I tell myself.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/5/2024, 1:28 PM
@RedFury -

I join you in hoping my brains out that he gets it right.
Spoken
Spoken - 3/5/2024, 9:49 AM
Sonic Boom!
Arthorious
Arthorious - 3/5/2024, 10:05 AM
The Suicide Squad is objectively better than its predecessor and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I was never a fan of Peacemaker. Saw a few episodes and his character didn't land for me.
Tufasrox
Tufasrox - 3/5/2024, 10:25 AM
Absolutely love PM1. One of my favs Superhero things of all time. Loved the heart and the comedy of it. Can't wait for S2. It's already been too long.
cadunovaes01
cadunovaes01 - 3/5/2024, 10:55 AM
Im probably saying something unusual, but I like both SS films (yeah, both). First one is a little messy, but the characters are very relatable. The biggest problem with this one was the way the movie was constructed. But I enjoy it.
The second one, for me, is the best DCEU film, right there with Man of Steel
And Peacemaker is gold. But I understand the people that dont like it, because the humor is “Austin Powers type”: love it or hate it

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