James Gunn discussed the massive cameos that occurred in Peacemaker‘s season one finale.
Spoilers ahead for the Peacemaker season one finale!
The Peacemaker season one finale featured a surprise appearance from the Justice League, who were late to save the day. The status of the team in the DC Extended Universe is uncertain for several reasons, and James Gunn shared with Variety what it took to include them on Peacemaker:
“Um, you know, I didn’t have a conversation. I just wrote it and gave them the scripts. I don’t think they really realized what they had agreed to until they saw what I had shot, which was the Justice League there. And then I think the full weight of it and, you know, what does this mean for the DCU and all of that became huge pieces of conversation up to the very highest levels of Warners. And to their credit, they let me get away with it.”
Both Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller suited up for the Peacemaker finale, and James Gunn revealed how Marvel helped them pull it off:
“I think before we ever shot the show, we talked to Jason about it. We were like, “Listen, [Peacemaker] says you fuck fish all the time.” And we were a little afraid he would be upset, but he just laughed. He was cool. So he was pretty much on board from the beginning. And then Ezra I just found out through some common friends liked my movies a lot. And so I asked if he would come in and shoot this scene, and he kindly agreed to do that. Actually, Marvel shot [Ezra] for us, while we’re shooting “Guardians Vol. 3.” Marvel owed DC, because the “Peacemaker” crew shot my screen test for Chukwudi for “Guardians Vol. 3.” And then we got Ezra with the “Guardians Vol. 3” crew.”
Of course, the Justice League scene doesn’t feature all the major stars, with Superman and Wonder Woman body doubles filling in. James Gunn went on to reveal if there were any conversations with Gal Gadot or Henry Cavill about appearing in the series:
“I don’t really think so. I really thought it was going to be just Jason. And Ezra was more like the extra thing because I found that he was interested in doing it.”
In Peacemaker, the Justice League shot also notably excludes Batman and Cyborg. James Gunn had this to say about their absence:
“You know, I don’t know what I can — there are reasons for it, but I’m actually uncertain whether I can say what those reasons are. It might have to do with future stuff.”
Here is the synopsis for the HBO Max original series:
PEACEMAKER explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of executive producer James Gunn’s 2021 film The Suicide Squad – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it!
The series was created by James Gunn, who wrote all the episodes and directed five of them. The first season of the HBO Max series will consist of eight episodes, with Brad Anderson, Jody Hill, and Rosemary Rodriguez also directing episodes. Clint Mansell and Kevin Kiner also composed the DC show’s score.
The HBO Max series stars John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick.
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Source: Variety