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Justice Gang boss Maxwell Lord will appear in another DC Studios project soon, says Sean Gunn - but he can’t say which one
Sean Gunn promises DC Universe fans that they’ll see Maxwell Lord again, but he isn’t allowed to tell us where
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In December 2023, Deadline reported that Sean Gunn would be playing Maxwell Lord in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe. The character is a billionaire who has served as an enemy and an ally of the DC heroes in the comics, and Gunn - whose brother James is DC Studios co-president - made his debut as Maxwell Lord in the 2025 Superman film, before appearing in the Peacemaker season two premiere a month later.
Thus far, Maxwell Lord has had less than a few minutes of screentime, but Sean Gunn says that will change soon. “I’ve loved playing Maxwell Lord. You’ll be seeing more Maxwell Lord. I am still not at liberty to disclose when or where, but soon. I can tell you that you will be seeing more of him,” Sean Gunn teased during a panel at Spacecon 2026.
“I love playing Maxwell. He’s a very interesting character, and I’m still very much in the middle of learning who he is and what motivates him and how he operates. And I enjoy it a great deal,” Gunn continued. “He’s an uber billionaire. That is a character type that is very timely. I mean, it’s very now. I find myself watching other billionaires in how they behave and what motivates them. The exciting thing for me about Maxwell Lord is that he certainly believes himself to be a billionaire with a conscience. And that altruism, the exploration of how possible that is very exciting to me.”
The most likely project is Lanterns. Nathan Fillion will be reprising his role as Guy Gardner for the television drama, and Gardner is on Lord’s Justice Gang team, so it wouldn’t be farfetched for Sean Gunn to show up. We’ll know more when Lanterns premieres on HBO and HBO Max August 16.
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