{"id":2083096,"date":"2025-10-11T02:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2083096"},"modified":"2025-10-11T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:30:16","slug":"james-gunn-teases-lanterns-connection-to-peacemaker-season-2-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-gunn-teases-lanterns-connection-to-peacemaker-season-2-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Teases Lantern\u2019s Connection to Peacemaker Season 2 Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/peacemaker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Peacemaker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Peacemaker<\/a> Season 2 finale aired on Thursday, and ushered in some major future consequences for the DCU, ones which James Gunn says will be seen in the upcoming HBO series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/superherohype.com\/tag\/lanterns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lanterns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Lanterns<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">What is Lantern\u2019s connection to the Peacemaker Season 2 finale?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Peacemaker Season 2 Ending Sows Seeds for DCU&#8217;s Future, But Is It Enough to Avoid DCEU&#8217;s Mistakes?<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Peacemaker\u2019s second season finale, Chris Smith\/Peacemaker (John Cena) open their own agency, called Checkmate, an organization that has a deep history in DC Comics as a splinter agency of Task Force X. Elsewhere in the finale, Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) is fully established as a villain, as he kidnaps Chris and abandons him in \u201cSalvation,\u201d an alternate reality prison that he intends to use as a prison for superhumans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to Screen Brief, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/superherohype.com\/tag\/dc-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DC Studios;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">DC Studios<\/a> co-head <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/superherohype.com\/tag\/james-gunn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Gunn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">James Gunn<\/a> revealed that many things about the show\u2019s finale will not only set up the upcoming Man of Tomorrow movie, but the future of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/superherohype.com\/tag\/dc-universe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DCU;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">DCU<\/a>. Specifically, the upcoming HBO show Lanterns, which Gunn said is connected to everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLanterns is very connected to all of that. It may not seem like it, but it is all very connected,\u201d said Gunn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gunn also said that the \u201cSalvation\u201d prison will also play a big role in the future of the DCU, and will let him explore how \u201cbad metahumans are going to have to figure out a new way to create a society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thescreenbrief.com\/james-gunn-interview-peacemaker-season-2-dcu-future\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Screen Brief;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Screen Brief<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peacemaker Season 2 finale aired on Thursday, and ushered in some major future consequences for the DCU, ones which James Gunn says will be seen in the upcoming HBO series Lanterns. What is Lantern\u2019s connection to the Peacemaker Season 2 finale? Peacemaker Season 2 Ending Sows Seeds for DCU&#8217;s Future, But Is It Enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2083097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[206284,345102,21917,41332],"class_list":["post-2083096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dcu","tag-frank-grillo","tag-hbo","tag-james-gunn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Gunn-Teases-Lanterns-Connection-to-Peacemaker-Season-2-Finale.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2083098,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083096\/revisions\/2083098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2083096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2083096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}