James Gunn Says His ‘Favorite' DCU Project Is a New TV Show, Talks Peacemaker‘s Importance to Phase 1

James Gunn's 'favorite thing' about the new DCU that will truly take flight when Superman flies into theaters next month is actually a TV show that 'hopefully will be made soon.'
In a wide-ranging EW.com Q&A about his and fellow DC Studios CEO Peter Safran's plans for the new DCU, Gunn shared an update on a few TV projects, saying that (as of May 22), 'I'm about to wrap Peacemaker [Season 2, premiering Aug. 21]… We're going to see early episodes of that soon,' while 'Lanterns (starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart) is halfway through filming. We're going to see early episodes of that soon.'
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He also said that development on the Wonder Woman-adjacent Paradise Lost series is 'slow-moving' yet 'moving along.'
'Then there's another TV show that's my favorite thing in all of this, that is hopefully getting made soon,' he teased. 'It's just my favorite thing.'
Later in the Q&A, Gunn said, 'My favorite thing has not been announced at all.' He explained that 'when I pitched to [Warner Bros. Discovery CEO] David Zaslav what the DCU would be… we did not announce in that first meeting because I felt like it was too easy to rip off by another company.'
Of note, in the weeks since Gunn sat for the EW interview, DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation announced Mister Miracle, an adult animated series based on the comic book series by Tom King and Mitch Gerads — though it is unclear if that is or is not to what Gunn was referring.
Elsewhere in the Q&A, Gunn was asked about the new DCU's opening phase, which is dubbed 'Gods and Monsters,' and he said that Peacemaker's sophomore season is a key component.
'I wouldn't say Creature Commandos' — the adult animated series that streamed on Max this winter, and technically launched the new DCU — 'is important, but Peacemaker and Superman are both pretty important in terms of getting to the bigger story,' he asserted.
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