James Gunn’s “Peacemaker” trashes ex-Joker actor Jared Leto’s band Thirty Seconds to Mars

This text accommodates gentle spoilers for Peacemaker season 2, episode 1.

Peacemaker is taking photographs at Thirty Seconds To Mars.

The DC Studios present, which stars John Cena because the titular silver-helmeted vigilante, made a number of jokes on the expense of Jared Leto’s rock band within the premiere episode of its second season.

Written and directed by DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, the episode sees Chris Smith (Cena) have a playfully crude dialog about music along with his ex-colleague Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), who had simply completed repeatedly punching her automotive's dashboard in a bout of frustration.

"Final time I used to be in that automotive, it was taking part in Spin Docs or Thirty Seconds to Mars or some s—," Chris says. "I used to be gonna kick its ass then, however you two look like you're on good phrases."

Emilia responds, "I’m not on good phrases with Thirty Seconds to Mars — how dare you."

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Then, after the episode's credit end rolling, the ep lobs just a few extra jabs on the band in a post-credits scene utilizing beforehand unseen footage from the identical dialog.

"You’ll be able to't be looping Spin Docs in with Thirty Seconds to Mars," Emilia says. "Spin Docs: so good!"

Chris shoots again, "Jeez, anybody's higher than Thirty Seconds to Mars. That storage band I used to be in for 2 seconds is best than Thirty Seconds to Mars."

Leto based Thirty Seconds to Mars in 1998 alongside his brother, Shannon. The Oscar winner is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band, which has launched six studio albums up to now.

Leto beforehand performed the Joker within the 2016 DC movie Suicide Squad. He later reprised the position in Zack Snyder’s Justice League in 2021. Each of these movies happen within the earlier DC continuity established by Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.

A number of characters from the 2016 Suicide Squad returned for its 2021 sequel, The Suicide Squad, which was written and directed by Gunn earlier than he took cost of all of DC’s cinematic output.

Gunn opted to deliver again Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), and Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) for his sequel, which additionally launched Cena as Peacemaker. He didn’t, nonetheless, embody Leto's Joker.

"Joker, no," Gunn instructed The New York Times in 2021 when requested if he thought of bringing Leto's character into the fold. "I simply don’t know why Joker could be within the Suicide Squad. He wouldn’t be useful in that kind of battle state of affairs."

Gunn has but to announce who (if anybody) might be taking part in the Joker within the DCU, the brand new continuity established by this yr's Superman and the animated sequence Creature Commandos; nonetheless, there’s precedent for actors from the earlier DC universe to return for the brand new one, so it's not inconceivable that Leto may very well be within the operating to play the Clown Prince of Crime once more.

One forged member from each Suicide Squads has carried over into Gunn's rebooted DCU: Davis, who reprised her position as Amanda Waller on the animated sequence Creature Commandos final yr.

Cena and all the supporting forged of Peacemaker additionally made the leap from the earlier DC universe, through which the primary season technically came about, into the brand new DCU, which is the house of the second season (with some minor tweaking to retroactively make the primary season canon to the brand new universe).

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It's not instantly clear whether or not every other The Suicide Squad actors will return within the DCU. When requested if Robbie would possibly reprise Harley Quinn within the new universe, Gunn instructed EW, "That might be revealed down the road."

Gunn additionally mentioned that he's actively looking for a spot within the DCU for Idris Elba's Bloodsport, who was one of many major characters in The Suicide Squad.

"I undoubtedly am at all times searching for a spot to place Bloodsport and figuring that out," he instructed EW. "So we'll see what occurs."

Leto was just lately accused of sexual misconduct from 9 ladies, a few of whom say they had been underage once they met him. "All the allegations are expressly denied," a consultant for the actor instructed AirMail on the time.

Leto will subsequent star in Disney's Tron: Ares alongside Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, and Jodie Turner-Smith. The movie hits theaters on Oct. 10.

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