Peacemaker Season 2 has brought back several dead characters, thanks to the alternate Earth Peacemaker (John Cena) and crew have been visiting. That includes Rick Flag Jr. (Joel Kinnaman), Auggie Smith (Robert Patrick), and — spoilers past this point — in this week’s episode, Agent Fitzgibbon (Lochlyn Munro). But there’s one character James Gunn almost brought back, but didn’t: Chukwudi Iwuji as Clemson Murn.
“I did write a big plotline for Murn,” Gunn revealed on this week’s episode of the Peacemaker podcast.
In case you forgot, Murn was the leader of the 11th Street Kids, formerly a black ops mercenary, but after being taken over by a rogue member of the alien race, the Butterflies, he turned to the side of good. So what would his role have been in Peacemaker Season 2 — particularly since the alternate dimension has turned out to be Earth-X, aka a world where Hitler won World War II? Meaning it would be no-go for a person of color like Murn?
“He was a Sons of Liberty [guy],” Gunn continued. “He was a hero… Whereas Murn on our planet was like the worst guy in the world before he became a Butterfly, Murn on their planet was like the sort of kick-ass Harriet Tubman of that planet.”
“I was about to say Martin Luther King or something,” added Danielle Brooks, who plays Adebayo on the series.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, but he was like a total action hero,” Gunn added. “So– but I mean listen. There’s still an Earth two. We didn’t blow it up. It still exists.”
So could Murn return? Perhaps, though I don’t personally see the nascent DCU launching into a full-on Tales from Earth-X style series. Though weirder things have happened.
Peacemaker Season 2 Premiere Dates And Episode Guide:
Peacemaker season 2 premiered on HBO Max on Thursday, August 21. The season will be eight episodes long, with one episode premiering per week.
Here’s the full list of episodes in Peacemaker Season 2, with premiere dates:
- Thursday, August 21, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 1
- Thursday, August 28, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 2
- Thursday, September 4, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 3
- Thursday, September 11, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 4
- Thursday, September 18, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 5
- Thursday, September 25, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 6
- Thursday, October 2, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 7
- Thursday, October 9, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 8 *Season Finale*
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