The superhero genre has been popular for years, but some big changes have been happening on the DC side of things. The DCEU (which is streaming with an HBO Max subscription) ended with Aquaman 2, and co-CEO James Gunn has been the architect of a new shared universe. The original slate of projects is titled Gods and Monsters, and Peacemaker Season 2 ended up being one of the very first releases on it. However, that show got caught in the middle of the switchover between universes, and James Gunn explained how it all worked behind the scenes.
Peacemaker Season 2's premiere retconned the DCEU and Justice League, altering the ending of Season 1 in the process. While James Gunn was able to quickly make narrative sense of this pivot to the DCU, he spoke on Threads about the unique place the John Cena-led show was in during this change in power. As he put it:
