James Gunn All But Confirms Blue Beetle For DCU: "He And Peacemaker Kind Of Just Fit In Very Nicely"

James Gunn All But Confirms Blue Beetle For DCU: "He And Peacemaker Kind Of Just Fit In Very Nicely"

Jamie Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) steels himself to get back in the fight in Blue Beetle (2023), DC Studios It looks like Peacemaker may not be the only hero to survive the collapse of the Snyderverse – or, interestingly enough, the only one to trace their comic book origin to Charlton Comics – as DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn has given the strongest tease yet that the alien-powered Blue Beetle will eventually set-up shop in the new DCU. Jamie Reyes (…

James Gunn implies that we might see Blue Beetle in Peacemaker: Season 2

Even after it became clear that the previous DC universe, known as the DCEU, would be discontinued, films such as The Flash and Blue Beetle were still being released. The status of these films was somewhat unclear, as it was difficult to determine whether they were considered completely, partially, or not at all canon, especially given that James Gunn and Peter Safran had then taken on the roles of DC film bosses. So what's the deal? Will we se…

James Gunn says Blue Beetle fits "very nicely" into the DCU

When James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios, a few select characters from the DCEU were able to make the leap to the DCU, including Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle. While speaking with Rotten Tomatoes, Gunn said that, like Peacemaker, Blue Beetle fits “very nicely” into the DCU. “Peacemaker was always in a weird place. People say he’s a part of the DCEU, but he wasn’t really,” Gunn said. “He was a part of this in-between universe of DC wh…