Peacemaker season 2 star says the show feels like the DCU's "cool kid" as it's one of James Gunn's "first babies": "I'm excited to see how that expands and grows"

Peacemaker
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Peacemaker is finally coming back this summer with a long-awaited season 2, and star Danielle Brooks just teased there might be more from where that came from now that James Gunn is in charge of DC.

The show is one of the few titles to have survived the transition from the old DCEU to the DCU Chapter One, with Gunn as writer and producer. According to Brooks, having him now leading the superhero franchise makes the show feel like "the cool kid".

"And now, James is taking over the DC Universe, so I don't know what's going to happen with Season 2. I do know that it's done so well, and I'm excited for the response. I'm excited for the fans to watch it and see it. And I do feel like there's more… It's almost like when we were doing Orange Is the New Black on Netflix.

"We were the first kids to really make Netflix, and I kind of feel that same wave with James Gunn taking over. Peacemaker feels like that cool kid – one of his first babies in the DCU. So I'm excited to see how that expands and grows. But I can't wait to see Superman."

Based on the DC comic character of the same name, Peacemaker follows John Cena’s Christopher Smith as he is forced to join a black ops squad tasked with hunting down evil parasites that have taken over humans around the globe.

Mireia Mullor
Contributing Writer

Mireia is a UK-based culture journalist and critic. She previously worked as Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy, and her work as a freelance writer has appeared in WeLoveCinema and Spanish magazines Fotogramas, Esquire, and Elle. She is also a published author, having written a book about Studio Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' in 2023. Talking about anime and musicals is the best way to grab her attention.

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