Gunn’s Latest ‘The Suicide Squad’ Comments Just Made the DC Canon Even More Confusing!

Remember the recent debate about the timelines of Creature Commandos, Peacemaker Season 2, and Superman? You know, the one involving Frank Grillo, his hair, and when exactly these projects take place? Well, after James Gunn’s comments on Threads seemed to clear things up, fans were feeling relieved.

But just when we thought we had everything figured out, Gunn’s latest remarks have thrown us back into confusion. Now, we’re once again left questioning what’s actually canon in the DCEU.

This new twist came from a recent interview Gunn gave to Collider, where he discussed key details about his upcoming universe and how the past projects fit into the bigger narrative. Curious to know what he said? Keep reading!

In a recent interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, James Gunn discussed upcoming projects, continuity concerns, and the future of the DCEU and its related series. One of the key topics addressed was the canon of the DCEU, and here’s what Gunn had to say:

A lot of people are wondering what’s canon in the new DC. As far as I can tell, it’s The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker . Is that true? What can you guys say about that?

GUNN: Well, it’s whatever we mention in anything. [Laughs] Listen, Peacemaker is pretty easy. Peacemaker Season 1 is basically canon outside of the appearance of the Justice League at the end, which you’ll see something about that in Peacemaker Season 2. Suicide Squad is probably a little bit looser.

We know that Rick Flag Sr. is angry because his son was killed by Peacemaker, so we know that situation happened in the past, we have something to refer to to think of what it might be like that that happened, but that exists as canon because it was mentioned in Creature Commandos , not necessarily because it existed in Suicide Squad . I think of Suicide Squad and Peacemaker as pretty unreliable memories of what happened in the DCU.

James, you wrote Creature Commandos before as a spec thing and before you knew you were gonna be the co-head of DC.

GUNN: It wasn’t exactly a spec thing. I talked to Peter Girardi from Warner Bros. Animation, and he was like, “You should do something in animation.” He says, “What do you want to do?” And I’m like, “I think I wanna do Creature Commandos.” So, I went and wrote the episodes. So, it was sort of spec, but it wasn’t really.

Once you got to be the co-head of DC and you realized what your eight to 10-year arc was gonna be, did these scripts change at all as a result of what you realized was gonna happen?

GUNN: Minimally, but not a lot. A lot of what DC is, and the fun for me, really, is in the world-building, not just the story-building. I don’t think of DCU as being, “Oh, this is a story we’re telling over multiple films and TV shows about one big bad.” I don’t want to have to do, as an audience member, the homework to have to see every single thing. 

It is more of a connected universe that exists within one place, which is the DCU, which will have differences depending on who the artists and the directors and the production designers are that are making the shows.

Source: Collider

While Gunn was somewhat clear in his comments this time, the canon situation remains even more confusing. However, once the DCEU officially kicks off, we’ll have more answers, so stay tuned!

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