October 2022 was a pivotal month for fans of DC Comics. Following the debacle of Batgirl while still in post-production in 2021, it became abundantly clear that the DC Extended Universe had run its course and was in need of a re-jig. Warner Bros. Discovery decided to replace president of DC Films, Walter Hamada, with the duo of James Gunn and Peter Safran as Co-Chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios. Both were placed in charge of delivering on a 10-year plan for DC adaptations.
So the blueprint was drawn and launching Gunn and Safran’s grand plan would be Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, a slate of titles set to unfold between 2025-2027 including five movies. As a launching pad to weave an interconnected universe for the Warner Bros. brand based on its DC characters, Gunn opted to begin with a reboot of Superman. With David Corenswet portraying the titular Kryptonian, Superman, originally titled Superman Legacy, made its way to theaters in mid-2025. A new Batman and Robin title, The Brave and the Bold, Supergirl, which premiered last month, and a Swamp Thing feature, were all envisioned. As were several television shows.
The first TV show to be released in the DCU was Creature Commandos, a seven-episode animated series based on the DC Comics team of the same name. However, it wasn’t the only series on the new roster, as Peacemaker is the only DCEU series to cross over to the new DC Universe. Season 2 progressed the story from the first season, which was canon to the universe. Moving forward, due to the sheer volume of films and shows already mapped out, a third season of Peacemaker has not been confirmed yet. Thankfully,series star Jennifer Holland gave an encouraging update during a recent chat with People Magazine. Holland, who has played Emilia Harcourt in all 16 episodes so far, “could definitely see that happening,” whenever her real-life partner, James Gunn, asks her to return to the role. Despite no official announcements on Season 3 of Peacemaker so far, Holland “can’t wait to play Harcourt again,” but the actress admits she does not know “where we’re gonna see Harcourt again.” The Suicide Squad star does highlight that Peacemaker is “such a cool thing to be a part of.”
Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
02
You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
03
You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
04
The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
05
How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
06
Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
07
Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
09
Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
10
It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
Where Did Season 2 of ‘Peacemaker’ Leave Us?
By the time Season 2 of Peacemakerended, it felt like the chaos had only just begun. Prior to its season finale, Chris Smith, a.k.a. Peacemaker (John Cena), had fallen into an existential spiral. His father is gone, the relationship he thought he had with his former teammate and ex-lover was equally non-existent, and the definition of what being a “hero” even means had become a struggle. The decision to enter his father’s old Quantum Unfolding Chamber, a strange portal that opens a path to another dimension, took the series down a wild turn. Lucky for Chris, he’s in a dimension where his life isn’t such a mess.
But the dangers remain as Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) is still seeking revenge for his son’s death. The new director of A.R.G.U.S. has all the resources and people to get back at Peacemaker. With the aftermath of Peacemaker Season 2, it seems like Flag Sr. got what he wanted. However, his decision to cooperate with one of Metropolis’ most dangerous criminals might just do more harm than good — not to him alone, but the entirety of the organization he leads, A.R.G.U.S. By the time the Season 2 finale was done, we were seemingly left with more burning questions than soothing answers. Hence, Season 3 of Peacemaker seems like a great avenue to clear things up.
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