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,

Is Peacemaker season 2 in the DCU? Despite canon being one of the more complicated topics in James Gunn's rebooted DC universe and Peacemaker season 1 technically being part of the DCEU, the answer is (slightly) more straightforward than you might have expected.

In a piece for Interview Magazine, James Gunn says his inspiration in building the DC Universe isn’t Marvel, but rather Game of Thrones and Star Wars. This is because his focus isn’t on telling a longer narrative made up of multiple pieces, but on telling smaller stories within a larger universe. Gunn said…