James Gunn says Peacemaker season 2 starts filming this summer, and clears up the show’s confusing place in DC canon
Mar. 11, 2024Season 1 of the Max show is no longer canon
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James Gunnhas revealed that Peacemaker season 2 will start filming this summer, while also simultaneously clearing up the show’s confusing place in DC canon.
The director and co-CEO of DC Studios took toThreadsto confirm that Peacemaker season 2 will shoot this summer.
Gunn added, “Yes, we’ll be shooting Superman & Peacemaker simultaneously; yes, I’ve written all the episodes; but, no, in the interest of getting the show out there I won’t be able to direct them all (only some).”
But this is where it gets confusing. Gunn – alongside producer Peter Safran – is currently in the process of launching the new DCU cinematic universe. That means that most elements and actors of the previous DCEU (fromMan of Steelthrough toAquaman and the Lost Kingdom) will be cast aside in the rebooted DC universe.
“Season one isn’t canon,” Gunn wrote. He later answered several more Peacemaker questions in follow-up responses. That includes the tidbit that Peacemaker season 2 will “take place after the events in Superman” and that “many strands [from Peacemaker season 1] will remain consistent… insofar as Peacemaker’s story goes.”
Gunn also confirmed that the ‘Team Pacemaker’ actors – presumably Cena, Jennifer Holland, Danielle Brooks, and Freddie Stroma, among others – will reprise their roles in Peacemaker season 2.
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The DCU will kick off later this year with Creature Commandos. The seven-episode animated series follows a group of supernatural misfits as they undertake a black ops mission under the watchful eye of Amanda Waller.
For more, check out our guide toDCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
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