{"id":270231,"date":"2026-02-02T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/270231\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:34:10","slug":"james-gunn-cut-a-major-peacemaker-storyline-for-a-dead-season-1-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/270231\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Cut A Major Peacemaker Storyline For A Dead Season 1 Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/intro-1769992934.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2088431\/james-gunn-cut-peacemaker-season-2-storyline-dead-character-murn\/\" data-post-id=\"2088431\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"DC's James Gunn Cut A Major Peacemaker Storyline For A Dead Season 1 Character: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"James Gunn standing in front of a Peacemaker logo at an event\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Peacemaker&#8221; Season 2 includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/casting-news\/superman-peacemaker-cameo-explained-season-2-hbo-max-series-1235473280\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Cena&#8217;s return to the DC Universe after his cameo in &#8220;Superman&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and quite a few surprises.\u00a0For the second batch of episodes of the raunchy superhero dramedy, roughly half the story takes place in an alternate universe. Actors could, and sometimes did, show up as alternate versions of their characters \u2014 even if those characters are killed off in Season 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, in theory, there wasn&#8217;t an obvious reason why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/interviews\/peacemaker-episode-6-preview-chukwudi-iwuji-butterfly-murn-1234784754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chukwudi Iwuji&#8217;s alien double-agent Clemson Murn<\/a>,\u00a0despite shuffling off the mortal coil in Season 1,\u00a0couldn&#8217;t return for Season 2. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AEOapxVBwqA?si=ZFrbM2lHLaiq4WVG&amp;t=1570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to &#8220;Peacemaker: The Official Podcast,&#8221;<\/a> he almost did.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I did at one point write a big plotline for Murn. &#8230; He was a hero,&#8221; said &#8220;Peacemaker&#8221; showrunner and DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn on the podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He continued, &#8220;Whereas Murn on our planet was the worst guy in the world &#8230;, Murn on their planet was this sort of kick-ass Harriet Tubman. Like, a total action hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gunn didn&#8217;t specify why he left Murn&#8217;s Season 2 story on the cutting room floor, but he also didn&#8217;t dismiss the possibility of revisiting this righteous version of the character somewhere down the line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There&#8217;s still an Earth-2,&#8221; he said, referring to the central alternate dimension from &#8220;Peacemaker&#8221; Season 2. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t blow it up! 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