DCU Boss James Gunn Teases ‘One Really, Really, Really Big Cameo’ Near the End of Peacemaker Season 2 — but Who?

DCU brag James Gunn has teased what sounds similar a important cameo that appears adjacent the extremity of Peacemaker Season 2 — but stopped abbreviated of saying whether it’s a quality we’ll spot successful the Superman movie oregon different quality from the wider, rebooted DCU.

This summer’s Superman movie is acceptable earlier Peacemaker Season 2, which premieres connected HBO Max (yes, they’ve changed the sanction back) connected August 21, 2025. Supergirl comes retired connected June 26, 2026, but we don’t person a merchandise day for the Lanterns TV show. Both are acceptable in-universe aft Superman and Peacemaker Season 2.

Earlier this month, Max released a caller trailer for Peacemaker Season 2, which featured Superman supporting characters Maxwell Lord, Hawkgirl, and Guy Gardner interviewing Peacemaker for rank successful the group. It does not spell good for Peacemaker.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Gunn said Peacemaker Season 2 is “very overmuch connected to Superman and it's precise overmuch connected to what comes after,” and determination are adjacent much connections connected apical of that.

"You've seen what we telephone the QUC, the Quantum Unfolding Chamber, successful the archetypal play of Peacemaker, and we spot much astir that exertion successful Superman," Gunn explained.

"The QUC is the halfway of the communicative successful Peacemaker play 2. We spot a batch of antithetic characters from Superman successful the [season], [including] Isabela and Nathan and Sean, and past we spot a clump of different characters aboriginal connected successful the play from different parts of the DCU and from Superman. There mightiness adjacent beryllium 1 really, really, truly large cameo adjacent the extremity of the show."

Gunn besides confirmed Peacemaker Season 2 is acceptable a mates of years aft the events of the Season 1 finale, but the DCU timeline is vague. "I spot however difficult, aft each my clip astatine Marvel, it is to marque things genuinely acceptable together, truthful it's an unspecified magnitude of a mates of years," helium said.

As has go evident successful caller months, determination are a fig of characters acceptable to look successful Superman, Peacemaker Season 2, Supergirl, and Lanterns. It could get confusing, which begs the question: volition the DCU person a chronological timeline akin to what Marvel Studios' MCU has connected Disney+?

That’s a question that was enactment to Gunn connected societal media earlier this month, and helium responded to accidental the DCU timeline is, for present astatine least, arsenic the films and TV shows travel out.

"As of present it's fundamentally arsenic the movies and shows travel retired — though of people immoderate of these diagnostic flashbacks — Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker, Lanterns, Supergirl," Gunn explained.

Disney+ has a conception that orders each the Marvel movies and TV shows successful chronological bid to make a truly adjuvant and canon timeline. While Gunn’s effect present makes it dependable similar HBO Max won’t person thing similar, possibly successful the aboriginal erstwhile determination are a batch of DCU projects to deliberation about, the clip volition come.

Other upcoming DCU projects known to beryllium successful the works see Clayface, which has a September 11, 2026 merchandise date. DCU movie The Authority, however, sounds similar it’s successful trouble. Gunn has said Waller, a spinoff of Peacemaker, “has had a mates of setbacks, frankly.” However, HBO Max bid Booster Gold “is going beauteous strong,” and Paradise Lost is "totally, inactive important and we're moving heavy connected it," Gunn has said.

Speaking of cross-project characters, fans are wondering however the Superman movie is going to woody with each its broadside characters. The latest trailer showcased everyone from Mister Terrific to The Engineer, arsenic good arsenic newcomer The Hammer of Boravia and the mysterious Ultraman.

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