James Gunn Says Peacemaker Season 3 is Unlikely, but the Characters Aren't Done
James Gunn just poured a bucket of cold water on our hopes for Peacemaker season 3—at least for now. In fresh comments tied to the back half of season 2, Gunn tells Deadline that a third outing isn’t currently in the cards, clarifying that while the characters will continue in the DC Universe, that path “is not exactly Peacemaker [Season 3].” He also nudged fans to the season-two finale for answers about where the story flows next.
Peacemaker Season 2 (2025) | Photo Credit: DC/Max
If that sounds like a pivot, Season 2 has actually been laying the groundwork all along. From its premiere, the show has been actively rewired into the emerging DCU—folding in continuity tweaks and connective tissue that make Peacemaker feel less like a cordoned-off spinoff and more like a node in the larger plan.
On the screen, that broader framing lands in concrete ways. One example includes when Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor turns up, with Gunn noting the cameo was captured while shooting Superman—a literal production bridge between projects that doubles as a narrative one. It’s also the kind of placement that teases how characters will move across titles without requiring a dissertation in lore to keep up.
The recalibration seems to be working. Beyond the buzz-worthy, week-to-week conversations (this is still a proudly unruly TV-MA series), Season 2 is landing as a solid piece of the new DCU for being aggressively weird, unexpectedly tender, and newly accessible to viewers tracking the larger universe.
So, no official greenlight for Season 3 (and Gunn’s wording) suggests the baton may pass to a different DCU series rather than another lap with this exact banner. But taken on its own terms, Season 2 already does the job that matters by widening the tent, strengthening the DCU handoff, and proving the 11th Street Kids can carry meaning (and mayhem) just as much as some of the “mainstream” heroes.
That being said, it still doesn’t seem like anyone is ready for Peacemaker to come to an end just yet.
