James Gunn Explains Why That ‘Superman’ Cameo on ‘Peacemaker’ Wasn’t Who You Hoped

For those who watched the most recent episode of the HBO Max unique and DC Studios collection Peacemaker, the question on every Superman fan’s mind has been answered by James Gunn. We lastly know who reveals as much as assist Rick Flag Sr. and ARGUS course-correct Peacemaker’s entire portal door to Earth X (Nazi America) ordeal, main into the present’s finale.

Nonetheless, if you happen to haven’t watched, a spoiler warning is forward!

When it got here all the way down to who to get assist from with discovering the eleventh Road Youngsters and the place they took the portal, ARGUS director Rick Flag Sr. went to essentially the most highly effective villain they’ve of their pocket (jail cell). And that, in fact, is Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), who has an enormous value to make use of his tech to trace down Peacemaker and pals.

In an interview with Variety, director and DC head James Gunn mentioned the cameo that many thought could be David Corenswet as Superman and why it’s not (regardless of a sure Peacemaker x Supes selfie). Gunn even went so far as squashing our hopes to see an Earth X or Earth-1 Man of Metal, telling the commerce, “No,” to the likelihood: “In reality, David was very upset that Nick bought to be on the present, and he didn’t. It simply didn’t work.”

So no Nazi Superman, which in a method is a aid as a result of we don’t need to tarnish the feel-good method Corenswet opened his period because the hero.

Gunn continued to clarify why he wanted Hoult again: “I wanted Lex within the present to serve a selected goal. And really, what Lex and Rick Flag are as much as impacts very a lot what occurs in a facet of Man of Tomorrow. So all of that’s linked. However this relationship between Rick Flag and Lex Luthor is a probably detrimental factor for Superman and all meta-humans.”

He additionally mentioned that it has all been in alignment along with his plans for DC Studios as a part of his universe reset pitch from the get-go. “I didn’t know some issues about it, however I knew what the general story of the DCU was. That was one thing I pitched to [Warner Bros. Discovery CEO] David Zaslav earlier than we even took the job. I’m like, right here’s the story. There’s going to be this film, this present, this film, this present, and people issues all slot in in several methods. Some issues got here, like Clayface, that we didn’t count on, and different issues have been a more durable street to journey. However the common define of that general story is what we’re following via Superman, Peacemaker, Man of Tomorrow, and past.”

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