James Gunn Peacemaker Season 2 causes to suggest the sequel to the main ties with Superman

Spoil For season 2 of “Peacemaker”, episode 1 follows.

Can we expect to see Superman (David Korenswet) appear in season 2 of “Peacemaker”? OK, technically, He already did it in the revised summary of season 1, but was kept in Shadow and almost surely played for a substitute. Anyway, the director of “Superman” and the creator of “Pacifier”, James Gunn, is transmitting the connection between them. (He Did hAve John Cameo as a pacifier in “Superman”). In an Instagram post, encouraging his followers to see season 2 of “Peacemaker”, Gunn called the program a prequel “‘Man of Tomorrow’, referring to his sequel to” Superman “newly announced.

Look, Gunn is almost certainly Just doing a savise here. Compare this when the comic writer Deniz Camp joked on Twitter That people needed to read their Marvel book, “The Ultimates”, to understand Robert Downey Jr. returning as a doctor doom in the Marvel film universe, and then Many credulously took the words of the camp seriously.

Gunn probably says that it is a prequel to “Man of Tomorrow” because he wants to take advantage of the emotion of the announcement “Man of Tomorrow” and channel something of that emotion towards the “Pacifier.” As co-corner of DC Studios, Gunn wants and has to ensure that the franchise maintains the early impulse that is built with “Superman”. Building a whole universe of comics is not just your work; It is your passion project.

At the same time, however, it seems unlikely to make the story of “Man of Tomorrow” contingent in a television series that much of the audience will not see. Gunn has emphasized a decentralized narrative structure for the DCU in the past as well; Less like the MCU, more like “Star Wars”, In Gunn’s own words.

But leaving all that aside, what (if any) links to “Superman” will be in season 2 of “Peacemaker”?

Until now, season 2 of “Peacemaker” has focused mainly on, well, pacifier. Although Mr. Christopher Smith helped save the world from an alien invasion in season 1, it is still an emotional disaster that few respect. The feelings of hatred of Chris worse when he enters a parallel universe where his brother Keith (David Denman) and his father Auggie (Robert Patrick) are still alive. In this world, Smiths are not a dysfunctional family with a neo -Nazi patriarch; They are a beloved trio of fighting father and children. Until Chris accidentally kills his alternative self of this universe.

Season 2 of “Peacemaker” feels largely like Gunn’s twisted turn in “is a wonderful life.” Instead that George Bailey (James Stewart) see a world without him that is worse, Chris sees a world where there are none of his regrets … but living it would mean living a lie.

However, Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced) and Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion) of the Justice gang appeared at the premiere of season 2 of “Pacifier”, based on their debut in “Superman”. As part of the Peacemaker humiliation series, an interview with the Justice Gang, and they don’t even give it a chance. However, Gunn has joked That the last three episodes of season 2 of “Peacemaker” are something really special. Is it because they will bring some more important DC characters?

A fan theory We will see Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hault) in one of those last three episodes this season. When Lex is dragged at the end of “Superman”, the guards mention that he is going to Belle Reve. That is the prison directed by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), and where the same peacemaker was locked in the back during “the suicide squad.”

Lex will return in “Man of Tomorrow”, so if it appears in this program even for a moment, that could technically convert season 2 of “Pacemaker” into a prequel to the film.

“Peacemaker” is transmitted in HBO Max.