James Gunn has clarified some DCU timeline business following the premiere of Peacemaker Season 2. The first episode of Peacemaker Season 2 is now available to stream on HBO Max. While the first season served as an extension of the DCEU, which ended with 2023’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the new season exists within Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU, …
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John Cena has a brief cameo in this summer’s Superman as Peacemaker, the foul-mouthed mercenary the wrestler-turned-actor has played since 2021’s The Suicide Squad. That movie was part of the old DC Comics shared universe (DCEU), so it seemed odd that Cena’s character would appear in James Gunn’s new take on Superman, considering he was, ostensibly, part of a different …
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In recent years, it’s become pretty common for there to be long stretches of time between seasons of some of the biggest shows on television. The wait for the new seasons of Severance, Invincible, Stranger Things, Wednesday, and Squid Game felt way too long. Yes, some of these shows were affected by the dual strikes of 2023, but at the …
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The second season of Peacemaker debuted in New York on Wednesday night, and James Gunn came ready to drop some hints on the show’s role in the future of the DC Universe. The HBO Max series, which stars John Cena as the titular character and has Gunn as showrunner, is back for its second season three and a half years …
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While it may have been too much to expect Superman to gross a billion dollars at the box office after years of the mixed bag DCEU, now climbing over half a billion dollars, it’s still being considered a success by WB. Most of that is due to the writing and direction of James Gunn, who, despite his critics, has never …
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Superman is off to a great start at the box office. James Gunn kicked off his reboot of the DC Universe with the second best opening of his career, and the best ever for a solo Superman movie. According to Deadline, Superman made $123 million in the U.S. over its opening weekend, and a further $95 million internationally for a …
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James Gunn‘s Superman is on its way to box office glory after a strong Thursday night. Which box office records did Superman break? Superman earned $22.5 million in Thursday previews, a total that includes the $2.8 million collected from Tuesday’s Amazon Prime Member screenings. Even if you subtract the Tuesday gross, Superman has still broken three major box office preview …
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