MAN OF TOMORROW director James Gunn clears up a big misconception about the place of salvation in the DCU

In the Peacemaker In the Season 2 finale, we learned that ARGUS Director Rick Flag Sr. had enlisted Lex Luthor’s help in finding a suitable door in the Quantum Deployment Chamber to serve as a metahuman prison.

Now ARGUS can open direct doors to “Salvation”. These will appear in different locations for a few moments at a time, meaning there will be no way for those stuck there to get home. And, in a last-minute twist, we saw Flag lock down Chris Smith as the sole current occupant of his new prison.

Peacemaker is clearly not alone, and there has been some confusion among fans as to whether it is an alien planet or an island. The series also failed to make it clear whether it is set in the DCU (millions of light years from Earth) or in a parallel dimension.

Speaking to ScreenCrush, co-CEO of DC Studios and The man of tomorrow Director James Gunn shed some light on this.

“Salvation is found in a totally different universe” he confirmed. “You can’t just get on a ship, travel 20 million light years and reach Earth. It’s a dimensional place. There are so many dimensions that I think it’s almost impossible to figure out how to get from one to the other; that’s not by chance, that’s what happened in this situation.”

Expanding on the importance of salvation, Gunn said: “I’m building a world. In this world, one aspect of this world is ARGUS, who is in charge of metahuman activities and takes care of them. [itself] to start sending metahuman prisoners to Salvation. At least that’s the plan. We’ll have to see how this affects and touches everything else. One of our main DCU characters is there, Peacemaker.”

Earlier this week, DC Studios registered a trademark for “Salvation Run”, suggesting that the plan might be to adapt this comic book storyline into a film of the same name. However, Gunn warned that he had no plans to pit the Joker against Lex Luthor on the planet, and later hinted that it would not be DeSaad’s Parademon training ground (because there are no plans for Darkseid at the moment).

What are your hopes for salvation in the DCU? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

Peacemaker Season 2 follows vigilante superhero Chris Smith as he struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose while continuing to kick the butt of righteous villains in his misguided quest for peace at all costs. He discovers an alternative world where life is everything he wants it to be. But this discovery also forces him to face his traumatic past and take charge of the future.

Season 2 stars John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Frank Grillo, Sol Rodríguez, David Denman, Brey Noelle and Tim Meadows.

James Gunn wrote all eight episodes of Peacemaker and directed three, including the first episode. Gunn, Peter Safran and Cena serve as executive producers. Greg Mottola, Peter Sollett and Alethea Jones also direct.

In our review of Peacemaker the first five episodes of season 2, we wrote, “Peacemaker Season 2 feels like a completely unnecessary addition to the new DCU, and lacks the stakes and emotion that made Season 1 so special. Luckily, it’s buoyed by some fun surprises for fans and another stellar turn from John Cena.”

All episodes of Peacemaker season 2 is now streaming on HBO Max.