PEACEMAKER: James Gunn Spoke To Ryan Reynolds About DEADPOOL Making A Cameo In The Season 2 Finale

PEACEMAKER: James Gunn Spoke To Ryan Reynolds About DEADPOOL Making A Cameo In The Season 2 Finale

Yes, you read that right. James Gunn has revealed that Ryan Reynolds was on board to appear as Deadpool in the season 2 finale of Peacemaker before things fell apart...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 10, 2025 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker
Source: Via Variety

The Peacemaker season 2 finale didn't include any major cameos, but the episode almost featured a surprise character appearance it's safe to say nobody would have expected.

Spoilers for the finale follow.

In "Full Nelson," Rick Flag Sr. uses Auggie Smith's stolen Quantum Unfolding Chamber tech to discover a dimension with a breathable atmosphere that he intends to use as a metahuman prison. Throughout the episode, we see his increasingly beleaguered team walk through the various doors in the chamber while encountering all manner of perils, including interdimensional imps and flesh-eating zombies.

James Gunn was asked if there were any other alternate universes he wanted to visit during a virtual press conference.

“I wanted them to open the door and see Deadpool in a room,” the filmmaker revealed. “I talked to Ryan Reynolds about it. But I would’ve had to go through some pretty, pretty big hoops to do that. He wanted to do it!”

“Oh, that’s all anybody’s gonna talk about now, is f*cking Deadpool in the other room. I should’ve never said it," he added.

Had things worked out, this would technically have marked the first ever live-action DC/Marvel crossover, but the fact that Gunn and Reynolds couldn't make it happen really isn't too surprising (the actor doesn't actually own the rights to Wade Wilson, after all).

Gunn also confirmed that DC Comics' Salvation Run will be an influence for this DCU storyline going forward, but fans shouldn't expect anything close to a direct adaptation.

“It really is about the concept,” he said. “The part that really spoke to me was the beginning of it, where Rick Flag Jr. and Amanda Waller [said], ‘[frick] it. Metahumans are a pain in the ass. They keep escaping. Let’s just get rid of them permanently.’ And of course, there are a bunch of repercussions about sending a bunch of bad guys to another dimension. In this case, kind of, you know, the sole person there right now is a good guy who has to survive on his own.”

Though we will see John Cena's Chris Smith again following this huge cliffhanger (Gunn remained tightlipped about a potential Man of Tomorrow or Supergirl appearance), Gunn does not have any current plans for a third season of Peacemaker.

“This is about the other stories in which this [cliffhanger] will play out,” he added. “Never say never. But right now, this is about the future of the DCU.”

Peacemaker season 2 follows Chris Smith, the vigilante superhero, as he struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose while continuing to kick righteous evildoer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any cost. He discovers an alternate world where life is everything he wishes it could be. But this discovery also forces him to face his traumatic past and take the future into his own hands.

"The new season follows Christopher 'Chris' Smith, aka Peacemaker, the vigilante Super Hero as he struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose while continuing to kick righteous evil-doer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any cost.

In season 2, Peacemaker discovers an alternate world where life is everything he wishes it could be. But this discovery also forces him to face his traumatic past and take the future into his own hands.”

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HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/10/2025, 10:32 AM
As if it couldn't get any worse
lord22
lord22 - 10/10/2025, 10:35 AM
the final where nothing happened ?
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 10/10/2025, 10:37 AM
Why bother, he already turned Vigilante into Deadpool.

And I get that it would have been fun but you have a DCU where Superman hasn’t even interacted with Batman and Wonder Woman yet and an MCU where Wolverine has yet to meet Cap and Spidey. A cross company crossover is desperate and shouldn’t happen before every hero and villain have already met in their own universe first
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/10/2025, 10:39 AM
@Bucky74 - Reboot the WalletsClosed

🥸
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 10/10/2025, 11:33 AM
@lazlodaytona - Rent free
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/10/2025, 10:38 AM
🙄😒

Why even say that Gunn?
Everybody and their mom knows that would never had happened.
Plus, that's a desperation move to make a pathetically bad season finale cooler with a random cameo. He woulda had more luck with trying to get Howard the Duck.
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 10/10/2025, 10:41 AM
He should have had Ryan play a version of Deathstroke as a cameo. Have it come full circle.
ClungeOfSteel
ClungeOfSteel - 10/10/2025, 10:43 AM
Eek that's pretty desperate 😬😮‍💨
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/10/2025, 10:44 AM
I might be the only one who liked... didn't love, but didn't hate ... the finale? I thought there was some really powerful character stuff in there, and I wasn't expecting any other big cameos after Hoult showed up as Luthor anyway.

Gunn definitely gets a bit too hokey and "lifetime movie" sometimes though. The stuff with the team walking around with big smiles plastered on their faces felt like a parody of a feelgood moment.
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 10/10/2025, 10:56 AM
@MarkCassidy - I like the finale, where it ended emotionally for the characters. I just found the season clunky on a whole.

It raises a lot of high stakes situations to only abandon them/leave them hanging. It's a stand-alone movie or 4 episode season worth of story, stretched out to 8 episodes.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 10/10/2025, 11:06 AM
@MarkCassidy - Episode 7 felt like the finale and episode 8 felt like the first episode of season 3. I blame disorganized writing/storytelling.
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/10/2025, 12:07 PM
@MarkCassidy - I liked it, and the group walking I think was supposed to feel kinda cheesy for whatever it's worth, because as we know now, shit was about to go REAL sideways
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 10/10/2025, 10:47 AM
There is literally nothing else to talk about in that finale, at least a Deadpool cameo would have been mentionable to save that nothing burger of an episode.
FallenThomas
FallenThomas - 10/10/2025, 10:50 AM
Pointless and desperate. Gunn seems far more excited by this second rate character than any of the marquee hero projects he is supposed to be developing. Odd.
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 10/10/2025, 10:58 AM
People have finally turned against Gunn. We all tried warning you. Enough of the absolute slop and call the man up. There's only one way to save the DCU.

Reboot the MCU and DCU
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 10/10/2025, 11:04 AM
Dodged a bullet there.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 10/10/2025, 11:11 AM
We are in the endgame now
Arthorious
Arthorious - 10/10/2025, 11:29 AM
Would’ve been better than what we got. And could lead to Marvel and DC collaborating on a much grander scale.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 10/10/2025, 11:32 AM
The fact that he may have even considered this…
grif
grif - 10/10/2025, 11:53 AM
still wouldnt watch


JackDeth
JackDeth - 10/10/2025, 12:06 PM
That was NEVER gonna happen. DEADPOOL? Come on, people. lol
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/10/2025, 12:08 PM
Seems pointless to talk to Reynolds and not his connections at Disney...

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