James Gunn lately defined the choice to swap the Justice League with the Justice Gang in Peacemaker Season 2 to align with the DCU and DCEU. In a brand new interview, he revealed how shifting canon ties into the DCU timeline and why the change permits Peacemaker and Blue Beetle to seamlessly match into the brand new continuity.
James Gunn explains why DCEU was retconned with DCU on Peacemaker Season 2
James Gunn instructed Rotten Tomatoes, “Peacemaker was all the time in a bizarre place. Folks say he was a part of the DCEU, however he wasn’t actually. He was a part of this ‘in-between Universe’ of DC when there was no person actually ensuring that all the pieces was linked and at a time once they have been going to rewrite all the pieces with The Flash.”
Gunn added that this gave them the liberty to do “no matter we needed” in Season 1, however the ending cameo didn’t match throughout the DCU construction.
Gunn additionally confirmed that Peacemaker’s story might transition into the DCU with minimal modifications. “There’s hardly anything that you should change for him, he can slide very simply into the DCU, identical with Blue Beetle. They simply form of slot in very properly, we simply must retcon a few issues.” This ensured that each Peacemaker and Jaime Reyes’ Blue Beetle stay canon throughout the studio’s new plans.
The Season 2 premiere immediately addressed continuity by changing the Justice League with the Justice Gang within the recap. Followers observed the absence of Metamorpho, who joined Superman’s workforce after Superman. Gunn clarified on Threads: “The beforehand part occurs earlier than Superman.” He defined the recap covers occasions earlier than the movie, whereas the season takes place proper after Superman.
Gunn mentioned he needed to “Lucas the s—” out of Season 1’s ending by changing the Justice League with the Justice Gang however settled on the recap change. He defined that DC had no clear management on the time. Snyder stepped down, Whedon solely completed Justice League, and Dwayne Johnson’s try and take management collapsed after Black Adam.
Peacemaker Season 2 streams weekly on Max.
Initially reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on SuperHeroHype.
