DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has actually claimed Diplomat Period 2 “basically gets” after the occasions of Period 1.
While this may seam noticeable for any type of various other television program, Diplomat feeds on either side of a change in worlds. Period 1 happens in the currently inoperative DC Extended Cosmos (headlined by Justice Organization, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Male of Steel) while Period 2 happens in Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran’s rejuvenated DCU, which starts with computer animated collection Animal Commandos in December 2024 and Superman on July 11, 2025.
A follower on Threads asked exactly how this change in canon would certainly influence the program. “It basically gets where Period 1 ended,” Gunn claimed. “With a pair small distinctions.”
Gunn has actually likewise claimed formerly that “lots of hairs will certainly continue to be constant regarding Diplomat’s tale goes,” though it continues to be vague what will certainly and will not make the dive from DCEU to DCU. He has actually validated every one of Group Diplomat will certainly return with the exact same stars, implying John Cena in the leading duty will certainly be signed up with by the similarity Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Freddie Stroma as Adrian Chase, and Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo.
It’s likewise possibly most likely the extension will not be called Diplomat Period 2 however rather have a caption. This would certainly resemble exactly how Disney is proceeding the initial Adventurer collection from Netflix with Adventurer: Born Again in the Wonder Cinematic Cosmos.
Diplomat Period 2 has actually currently started shooting however no launch day has actually been disclosed by Gunn yet. And though it had not been introduced as component of the initial 10 tasks in the DCU’s Phase 1: Gods and Beasts, it will certainly likely get here in advance of some that were, likely as the 3rd or 4th launch.
Gunn has likewise claimed the program will canonically occur after the occasions of Animal Commandos and Superman, with the occasions of the last also impacting Diplomat.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance press reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all the time.