On February 16, 2022, just one day before the Peacemaker Season 1 finale was released on HBO Max, it was announced that the show was renewed for a second season. However, by January 2023, DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed that the DC Extended Universe was ending and the DC Universe franchise was taking its place. This called into question if Peacemaker would be taken off the upcoming DC TV shows slate, though this ultimately ended up not being an issue, as we’re a week away from Season 2 premiering on the 2025 TV schedule. But what did the Peacemaker stars think at the time of this major shakeup?
I asked John Economos actor Steve Agee about this in an interview ahead of Peacemaker Season 2’s arrival, and he explained to me that because this spinoff of The Suicide Squad meant so much James Gunn, there wasn’t any concern about it going away just because the DCU was pressing the continuity reset button. As Agee explained to CinemaBlend when recalling how he learned about the forthcoming superhero franchise:
