PEACEMAKER Season 2 Won't Explicitly Focus On Shifting To The DCU Per James Gunn

PEACEMAKER Season 2 Won't Explicitly Focus On Shifting To The DCU Per James Gunn

DC Studios co-chair and Peacemaker showrunner James Gunn previously stated that the show would address its transition from the DCEU to DCU.

By MarkJulian - Jan 10, 2024 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

DC Studios co-chair and Peacemaker television show creator James Gunn recently disclosed that the Max streaming program would definitely address its move from the DCEU to the DCU in season 2.

However, Gunn has clarified [via Threads] that the show's shift from the DCEU to the DCU will not be the primary focus of the upcoming season.

Responding to a fan suggestion that season 1 be retconned as a Psycho-Pirate-esque hallucination, Gunn stated, "Well, I wouldn't want the universe shift to be that big a part of the story."

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So, while the "universe shift" will be addressed, it won't be the main plot of Peacemaker season 2. 

Earlier this week, Gunn cryptically teased, "You'll have to wait and see,"  when responding to fans on Threads who wanted to know how the show moves from the DCEU to DCU.

He went on to add, that he didn't want to simply reboot the show, "Because it's my favorite thing to do, it's the biggest original Max show ever, and I have a way in. It won't be confusing."

Whatever that "way in" is, it doesn't seem to involve the Psycho-Pirate, a DC Comics villain who was heavily featured in the publisher's Post-Crisis crossover event.

In the comics, Psycho-Pirate was one of the few characters who remembered that there were multiple Earths following 1986's Crisis on Infinite Earths, which resulted in DC abandoning the multiverse strategy, opting for a single, unified DC Universe (DCU). 

The concept of a multiverse would be reintroduced with Geoff Johns' Infinite Crisis in 2005, which saw the publisher bring back a limited number of Earths (52) instead of an infinite number.

Peacemaker season 2 is confirmed to see John Cena's portrayal of Christopher Smith return, along with Steve Agee's John Economos. Jennifer Holland, Gunn's spouse, will also reprise her role as Emilia Harcourt.

Rotten Tomatoes gave the DCEU series a 94% approval rating, making it one of the most critically lauded productions of the franchise.

ABOUT PEACEMAKER Season 1
 Peacemaker explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of James Gunn's 2021 film The Suicide Squad—a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.

The 8-episode television show was created by James Gunn for the, "then-named" streaming service HBO Max.

The show stars John Cena as Christopher Smith / Peacemaker, Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo, Freddie Stroma as Adrian Chase / Vigilante, Chukwudi Iwuji as Clemson Murn, Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt, Steve Agee as John Economos and Robert Patrick as August "Auggie" Smith. Dee Bradley Baker voices Peacemaker's pet bald eagle, Eagly.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 1/10/2024, 1:03 PM
What a mess
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 1/10/2024, 1:10 PM
@FireandBlood - Nothing makes sense. He should've scorched the DCEU Universe. He wants to have his cake and eat it too. What a mess indeed.

And other the other hand, I really never liked Peacemaker season, it was utterly juvenile to point of ad nauseum for my taste. Loved The Suicide Squad though, which balanced it with heart and mature subtext.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/10/2024, 2:26 PM
@EgoEgor -
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 1/10/2024, 9:34 PM
@lazlodaytona - ... what?
Highflyer
Highflyer - 1/10/2024, 1:07 PM
Ngl, I would have rated Gunn if he had done a full hardcore reboot. Do away with anything related to the previous universe. Even his stuff.
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 1/10/2024, 1:08 PM
@Highflyer - Rated or hated?
Highflyer
Highflyer - 1/11/2024, 2:20 PM
@HammerLegFoot - Rated. Not a fan of this mixed bag of old and new.
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 1/10/2024, 1:07 PM
Not really.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 1/10/2024, 1:12 PM
Magnificent story telling @ it's finest 👏
Nolanite out
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/10/2024, 1:16 PM
@Nolanite - seeing your name brings me back to arguments about TDKR lol, good times
Nolanite
Nolanite - 1/10/2024, 1:22 PM
@bobevanz - those were the best times throughout this opinionated websites life cycle. One big ol war of all wars!
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/10/2024, 1:16 PM
It's not that deep. Just pretend the dceu never happened, most people have already done so. Peacemaker is in the dcu, and nobody cared lol
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 1/10/2024, 3:12 PM
@bobevanz - audience has been trained by both companies to overthink this shit
mountainman
mountainman - 1/10/2024, 1:18 PM
I liked Peacemaker, but you can’t partially reboot something. This just seems like a mess.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/10/2024, 2:07 PM
@mountainman - Depends what he does with the show so impossible to say it is or isn't a mess yet.

I mean Flash either changed the main timeline or created branches as is.

All they need to do is a simple magic door type thing to bring characters from the old to the new or make out they are variants that happen to look the same end of the day and unless they ever bother referencing anything from the DCEU ever again it is a clean start regardless if there are carry overs.

That said I would have prefered an ENTIRELY clean slate with all new cast across the board having bodged the chance of pulling off a well crafted Crisis on Infinate Earths storyline to transition.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/11/2024, 8:59 AM
@Apophis71 - Since they are continuing story points from the DCEU (Waller apparently continues the story of her being publically outed at the end of Peacemaker Season 1) it would have to be some kind of timeline or reality shift, rather than just Team Peacemaker dimension-hopping from the DCEU to the DCU.

But I think James Gunn has something up his sleeve. Maybe a callback to Peacemaker Season 1's Berenstein Bears/Berenstain Bears Mandella effect reference.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 1/10/2024, 1:18 PM
jesus, it's JUST a change of actors.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/10/2024, 1:23 PM
I don’t think it should be a big thing either…

The more you pay attention to it , the more messy it can be so best to acknowledge the difference and then move onto the story at hand.

Anyway , S1 was solid so can’t wait for S2!!.

NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/10/2024, 4:57 PM
@TheVisionary25 - But with that same train of thought we should then approach pretty much anything that comes forward in the DCU that is worth questioning or isn't clear. I mean, this is basically just "YOLO" or "Ain't gotta explain shiet".
foreverintheway
foreverintheway - 1/10/2024, 1:49 PM
Yeah to be honest I am hoping they don't address it at all and keep moving forward. Why should a business decision from the owner of the IP be a plot point in a tv show? I know it's hard to trust "fans" who purposefully mis-understand the reboot - but they'll pick it up as we go.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/11/2024, 9:04 AM
@foreverintheway - It's more than just a business decision.
foreverintheway
foreverintheway - 1/12/2024, 10:55 AM
@ObserverIO - the whole reason they make movies is because it's business and profits. it is a business decision that may have creative implications - but it's business 100%. If DCEU were disjointed but still doing well - there would be no reboot.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/12/2024, 11:12 AM
@foreverintheway - Yeah I get that, but it's more than JUST a business decision. There's story to consider too.

If Peacemaker season 1 is connected to the DCEU and Peacemaker season 2 is connected to the DCU and one follows the other story-wise, then it needs to be addressed.

If you don't address anything in the story you don't really have a story, you've got surreal beat poetry or something.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/10/2024, 1:50 PM
This show doesn’t matter to anything in the DCEU and most likely won’t matter in the DCU either. It only matters to James Gunn so he can put his wifey in something as a supporting character and not just a cameo.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/10/2024, 2:13 PM
@slickrickdesigns - Kind of view it like the first two DP films, it was kinda supposed to be in the Fox-marvel canon, but with the meta references to the MCU-marvel and fourth wall breaking etc was very much standalone at the same time and nobody cared if it messed with continuity as knew it would be ignored in the Xmen films.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 1/10/2024, 1:58 PM
"Well, I don't feel like justifying how this show is pure ego and completely goes against everything I've been preaching about resetting the DCU."



McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/10/2024, 3:11 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - it's a brilliant show. Period.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 1/10/2024, 2:11 PM
It's pretty like how Greg Weisman say a project is YJ adjacent like similar events to season 1 happened in the new universe.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/11/2024, 9:07 AM
@Godzilla2000Zer - Like Under The Red Hood? I mean, it's basically canon, I don't know why he doesn't just say it's canon.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 1/11/2024, 2:01 PM
@ObserverIO - The only YJ adjacent canon stuff I believe are the Green Arrow short, Catwoman the Hunted and Green Lantern series. I could see them doing there own version of Under The Red Hood if YJ comes back.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/10/2024, 2:21 PM
I don’t see the problem in keeping peacemaker. It was a good, entertaining show made by Gunn with his sensibilities. If season 2 is good, nobody will care what universe he’s in or hailed from
Tpo81
Tpo81 - 1/10/2024, 3:11 PM
It's not that deep. Everyone complaining it's a mess because he kept a series that was great. It's not like there was massive connections to all the other movies that were in the snyderverse. So there was a throw away scene at the end. Not a big deal. I'll gladly forget those minor connections in the hope that whatever else is bulit in this new universe around Peacemaker is on par with how good it is. These movies were barely connected to Gunns suicide squad & peacemaker anyways
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/10/2024, 4:46 PM
@Tpo81 - "It's not like there was massive connections to all the other movies" it featured Viola Davis' Amanda Waller, a DCEU iteration character that debuted in Suicide Squad, then returned in his own Suicide Squad film and who again showed up in his Peacemaker show and two actors of the DCEU Justice League had cameos in the end.

It's not about deep or not, it's about consistency, continuity and how it all back pedals on what he's been saying and doing.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/10/2024, 3:54 PM
Just glad we get more Vigilante. He was great.
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