'He's Really Important to Me' — James Gunn Rules Out Peacemaker Season 3, but Says Peacemaker Himself Is Now Set Up for a Broader Role in the Wider DCU

Peacemaker Season 2 has travel to an extremity with a bid finale that, arsenic DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn had teased, sets up 2027 DC Universe movie Man of Tomorrow. But what does it each mean for the Peacemaker TV show, and so Peacemaker himself?

During a roundtable Q&A with property up of the Season 2 finale, Gunn was asked if helium was readying a Peacemaker Season 3. The reply was large and clear.

“No, this is astir the wider DCU and different stories successful which this [the ending of Season 2] volition play retired close now,” Gunn replied. “So that doesn't mean that determination won't be. I don't privation to… ne'er accidental never. But close now, no. This is astir the aboriginal of the DCU.”

So if there’s nary Peacemaker Season 3, what’s Gunn’s program for Peacemaker himself? Gunn revealed that the decision of Season 2 sets up Peacemaker, played by John Cena, to instrumentality connected a broader relation successful the DCU moving forward.

“He's truly important to me,” Gunn said of the character. “Peacemaker is an important character. And I said from the opening erstwhile we took connected this job, it's astir truly propping up and maintaining and repositioning the large diamond properties that DC has, the Batmans and Wonder Womans and Supermans, and past creating diamond properties retired of the smaller characters similar Peacemaker.”

The adjacent evident question, then, is whether Peacemaker himself volition look successful 2026 DCU movie Supergirl oregon 2027’s Man of Tomorrow.

“Well we’ll person to see,” Gunn teased. “That's a secret!”

Other revelations from Gunn's roundtable with property see his confirmation that helium really talked with Ryan Reynolds astir Deadpool showing up successful Peacemaker, but, somewhat predictably, it ne'er happened.

The DCU is acceptable to proceed successful 2026 with the aforementioned Supergirl and a Clayface movie, alongside a Lanterns TV show. 2027 volition spot Man of Tomorrow. Matt Reeves’ The Batman 2, which is portion of the abstracted 'Batman Epic Crime Saga,' is owed retired October 1, 2027.

While we hold to find retired what Gunn has up his sleeve, cheque retired IGN's Peacemaker Season 2 finale review.

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