Man of Tomorrow: James Gunn Talks Balance of Peacemaker Season 2 Setting up DCU
After the shocking Peacemaker Season 2 finale, James Gunn has shared some the challenges he faced constructing the DC Universe.
What did James Gunn say about using Peacemaker Season 2 to set up the DCU?
In the final moments of the Peacemaker Season 2 finale, Chris is kidnapped by Rick Flag Sr. and banished to Salvation, a planet that serves as a prison for metahumans. According to a press conference (via Variety), Gunn said Salvation will be further explored in Man of Tomorrow, the sequel to Superman.
“I’m not expecting people to go into Man of Tomorrow and know what Salvation is,” Gunn said. “You’ll find out anything you need to know about metahumans disappearing through that movie.”
Gunn understands how tricky it can be to tell an original story while connecting it to a cinematic universe. Guardians of the Galaxy felt like a separate section of Marvel. However, Guardians still had to follow the interconnected story in the MCU.
Gunn faces those same storytelling challenges in the DCU, except this time, he’s the architect of the cinematic universe.
“It’s a very, very, very delicate balance when writing these things,” Gunn said about creating the DCU. “You’ve got to be able to tell the story in a way where people that already know the information are not going to be bored, and where people who don’t know the information will get the information in an easy and simple way, but also not to be burdened down by too much shit. There needs to be an elegance to the storytelling. Too many mumbo jumbo things, to me, is always a thing that I [avoid]. ‘Oh, this magic stone does this, and it’s that.’ There’s no emotional aspect to that. A prison in another dimension is easy for me to understand and say in one sentence.”
With Peacemaker Season 2 complete, Gunn’s next project as a writer and director will be Man of Tomorrow, which flies into theaters on July 9, 2027.
Originally reported by Dan Girolamo for SuperHeroHype.
Source: Comingsoon.net