James Gunn Taking Extreme Measures to Protect All the 'Crazy' Surprises in Upcoming DC Story

Peacemaker‘s Season 2 premiere featured a handful of shockers, together with that Justice Gang scene that retcons the DCEU. James Gunn assured followers they have not seen something but, that is why he is maintaining the season’s final three episodes high secret.

James Gunn defined why they solely gave screeners for the first 5 episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 to choose audiences. “I’m the one who’s maintaining the three episodes away from all people as a result of there’s too many surprises in these final three episodes,” he asserted (per DC Movie Information on X). Particularly 6 and eight, they’re simply loopy, my favourite issues I’ve ever finished of something.” That tracks with Gunn’s earlier assertion about the present’s affect on his rebooted DC universe.

Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 1 supplied a glimpse of Gunn’s long-term imaginative and prescient for the franchise. He established what’s DCU canon off the bat when he changed the Justice League with the Justice Gang, successfully retconning the Season 1 finale’s closing moments. Gunn stated Season 1 had extra inconsistencies he would love to repair, citing what George Lucas did with Star Wars canon. “Sooner or later, I might love to Lucas the s*** out of it, however proper now I haven’t got the cash,” he advised TVInsider.

James Gunn Desires to Repair Extra Scenes in Peacemaker Season 1

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“Sadly I might have to change too many little issues all through Season 1, and it will price an excessive amount of cash,” he stated. “And I might slightly simply give that cash to just a few extra CGI pictures of superheroes. However I believe that we cope with it. We are saying, canon is basically Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker Season 2. I might love for individuals to watch Season 1. Clearly, we’re altering [the Justice League scene], however we’re not gonna return and reshoot all of it for Season 1, at the least not at this level.”

That final assertion hinted Gunn would finally repair all of Season 1’s plot issues, significantly its ties to The Suicide Squad. Rick Flag, Jr.’s demise in that movie was referenced in Creature Commandos and Peacemaker Season 1. Amanda Waller additionally crossed over and was supposed to have her personal DCU spinoff present. It is attainable Gunn would deal with all of that in Peacemaker‘s Season 2 finale, and with pocket universes now in play, something can occur. Nonetheless, he would slightly let hypothesis run wild than threat spoilers leaking.

“It may imply they’re horrible,” Gunn stated (per Video games Radar). “That’s one choice. Or it may imply that there is a variety of main twists and turns in the final three episodes. And regardless that I am sending the first 5 to a choose few, issues nonetheless get out as . Issues bought out already. You already know, individuals who need to search will be spoiled on goal, however I actually don’t need what’s in these final three episodes to be spoiled. I will not even let my publicist see them. That is the god’s sincere fact.”

New episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 drop Thursdays on HBO Max.