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Warning: SPOILERS forward for Peacemaker season 2, episode 6!James Gunn has defined how Peacemaker season 2’s main Superman cameo impacts the entire DCU. Throughout the occasions of Peacemaker season 2, episode 6, Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) arrives at Belle Reeve Jail, visiting Lex Luthor (Nicholas Holt). He needs to chop a take care of the previous LuthorCorp CEO in his quest for revenge towards Chris (John Cena).
Talking on HBO Max’s Peacemaker: The Official Podcast, Gunn defined how Luthor’s cameo in season 2 is a large second for the DCU. Having shot the scene throughout Superman‘s manufacturing, Gunn unpacked how Rick’s take care of Lex to maneuver him from Bell Reve to Van Knull is a “scary” improvement as he seeks out the place Peacemaker’s portal may be:
This is likely one of the first issues we shot. We shot it in the course of Superman, whereas we have been capturing the Pentagon scenes in Superman. It was bizarre as a result of tonally, it immediately felt totally different from Superman, which is so massive and brash, and this present is so unusually grounded and gritty. I felt like even Nick’s efficiency was totally different. So, we’ve got a very essential second, for not solely Peacemaker however the complete DCU. Rick Flag, the Head of A.R.G.U.S., strikes a deal principally with Lex Luthor in change for [him] discovering the place Peacemaker’s portal may be. He’s going to maneuver him from a jail with metahumans to a jail with no metahumans. From Belle Reve, the place they’re now, to Van Kull. Then he leaves and tells Sol, Sasha Bordeaux, that he’s teamed up with Lex Luthor, which is horrifying. A person with such energy as Flag, who’s bought an agenda, it’s scary for our boy, Peacemaker. By the way in which, that scene with Lex Luthor was initially going to seem in episode 7. That’s the different factor I moved, moreover the opening of two and 4, which I switched round. The reason is that the following scene was so critical and heavy that I wanted an in-between scene. Fortunately, I had shot each of them, so it wasn’t a bizarre directing factor to steal a scene from the following episode.
What Lex Luthor’s Peacemaker Cameo Means For The DCU
Peacemaker season 2, episode 6 laid the groundwork for Lex getting moved from Belle Reve, with its metahuman inhabitants, to Van Knull, which does not have any metahuman prisoners. Flag’s involvement and willingness to make a deal emphasizes how blinded by rage he’s, his quest for vengeance probably giving the Superman villain the means to realize extra energy.
It is too early to inform how that is going to affect the broader DCU. Nevertheless, with Man of Tomorrow confirmed by Gunn as the following chapter within the Superman saga, it appears this jail motion is an early constructing block resulting in the sequel. The sequence creator additionally famous the scene was initially deliberate for episode 7, confirming deeper exploration.
As for the way the overarching story will develop, Peacemaker nonetheless has two episodes left to substantiate how occasions might play out. As well as, the TV sequence Waller is anticipated to characteristic characters from the present in some capability. Rick Flag can also be anticipated to return in Creature Commandos season 2, giving the DCU ample alternative to follow-up on Lex’s deal.
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