Peacemaker Ends With Season 2 — Or Does It?
No Season 3 in sight: James Gunn says Peacemaker ends with Season 2 — for now — as the DCU looks ahead.
Peacemaker fans, brace yourselves: if you were holding out hope for a Season 3 announcement, pump the brakes. James Gunn says there is nothing in the works right now. That does not mean the characters are done, but as for a third season of the show itself, it is a no-for-now situation.
What Gunn actually said
"It is not right now. I think that people should— that doesn't mean there aren't plans for these characters, but it's not necessarily Season 3 of Peacemaker. And then people should watch Episode 8 to see what happens, because maybe some of your questions will be answered in that episode by itself."
That quote is from Gunn in a chat with Collider. The short version: do not expect a Season 3 announcement, but Episode 8 of Season 2 might double as a satisfying endpoint or at least explain where things are headed.
So is Episode 8 the series finale?
Gunn did not stamp the word finale on it, but he all but nudged viewers to treat the Season 2 closer like it could be. If you are wondering whether this is the last time you will see Christopher Smith, Leota Adebayo, Agent Harcourt, and the rest of the team, the answer sounds like no — just not necessarily in Peacemaker.
- No Season 3 is being developed right now.
- The characters are likely to pop up in other DCU movies or shows.
- Episode 8 of Season 2 may answer the big questions and could function as a capper.
- This is a pause on the series, not a forever shutdown, if the right idea shows up later.
- All of this comes from Gunn speaking to Collider.
The inside baseball of it all
This is classic DCU shuffle: park a series, keep the players. Gunn has been open about threading characters across projects, and he loves a cameo. If you are attached to this crew, odds are they will resurface elsewhere even if Peacemaker itself takes a bow after Season 2.
Bottom line: treat the Season 2 finale as potentially the last mission for this show, but not the last stand for Chris Smith and company. The helmets might get hung up for now, not for good.