With this week’s finale of Peacemaker, the The Suicide Squad spinoff has wrapped it’s story of 1 group of misfits standing up in opposition to white supremacists and thoughts management butterflies — and present creator James Gunn couldn’t resist going out with a DC Prolonged Universe bang.

[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 1.]

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Whether or not Peacemaker existed in the identical continuity as another of the present crop of Warner Bros.’ DC Comics motion pictures has by no means actually been in query. Its title character spun out of 2021’s The Suicide Squad, which in flip was a sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad, through which Ben Affleck’s Batman, recent off of Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, had a somewhat massive cameo.

But when there ever was any confusion, the season finale “It’s Cow or By no means”, cleared it up with an look from 4 members of Zach Snyder’s Justice League: Superman, Surprise Woman, the Flash, and Aquaman. Cyborg and Batman apparently couldn’t be bothered, however that’s … truthfully very a lot in character for Batman.

Earlier within the episode, Danielle Brooks’ Leota Adebayo made a tense telephone name to her terrifying mother, Amanda Waller, to appraise the creator of Activity Pressure X of the entire fate-of-the-world scenario. “The entire crew is injured, so I used to be pondering, like, possibly you possibly can name within the Justice League … No, I’m not kidding!”

Pressed for time, the crew went it alone, nevertheless it looks like Waller did get by means of to … wherever the Justice League is headquartered within the DC Movies universe lately. However, as Peacemaker put it: “You’re late, you fuckin’ dickheads!”

And whereas two of the heroes had been performed by doubles in silhouette, we obtained a quick cameo from the precise Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller, joking round a few rumor that Aquaman has intercourse with fish. Gunn advised Rolling Stone that he was considerably nervous about asking the actors to reprise their roles for the collection.

“I used to be a bit afraid [Momoa] was going to be upset. I additionally thought [Aquaman director] James Wan was going to be upset over Peacemaker saying that [Aquaman] fucks fish on a regular basis. I defined that Peacemaker’s an fool who doesn’t know what he’s speaking about, and Jason laughed his head off and was sport from the start. I didn’t know Ezra. Ezra got here in later. I discovered by means of some pals that Ezra likes my motion pictures lots, and so I requested if he would are available in and do it, and he did.”

And for followers frightened that this’ll be the final they see of the chrome-domed superhero referred to as the Peacemaker, they will put themselves comfy. Peacemaker was not too long ago greenlit for a second season on HBO Max.

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