PEACEMAKER: James Gunn Confirms Season 2 Will Premiere In 2025 "After SUPERMAN"

Though he didn't reveal an exact premiere date, James Gunn has now confirmed that the second season of Peacemaker will be with us next year, after Superman flies into theaters...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 08, 2024 11:09 AM EST

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Peacemaker writer/director James Gunn has confirmed that the hit The Suicide Squad spin-off series will return to our screens next year.

When asked for a season 2 update on Threads, Gunn said that John Cena and the gang will be back for more outrageous adventures in 2025, "after Superman." The DCU reboot flies into theaters in July, which means we can expect Peacemaker season 2 closer to the end of the year.

Gunn recently took to social media to reveal a first official look at the new helmet John Cena's Christopher Smith will don in when he makes his return to our screens. The photo only showed the helmet from the back, but it's clearly a new design, possibly inspired by the "Future State" version of the character.

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Though the photo has since been removed, a mural was recently spotted on set featuring John Cena's Peacemaker (wearing a slightly different costume), his father in his White Dragon outfit, and a mysterious third character who many believe will turn out to be Christopher Smith's brother, Keith.

If you watched season 1, you'll know that Chris accidentally killed his older brother by punching him in the head when their father forced them to fight for his Aryan pals' entertainment, but the theory is that this image was painted in an alternate timeline where Keith lived and joined his father and brother as part of a vigilante team.

This may seem like a bit of a stretch, but we do know that Robert Patrick is set to return as Augee Smith despite being killed off in the season 1 finale, and it would explain James Gunn's comments about season 1 not being part of the DCU.

Rather than simply pretending certain events (the Justice League cameos, for example) didn't happen, he might be planning to bring Peacemaker and the supporting characters into a whole new reality.

Danielle Brooks and Steve Agee have also been confirmed to reprise their season 1 roles, with Sol Rodríguez and David Denman joining the fray as Sasha Bordeaux and "Larry."

"Peacemaker explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of executive producer James Gunn's 2021 film The Suicide Squad – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it!"

Season 2 plot details are still mostly under wraps, but we do know that Frank Grillo will reprise his Creature Commandos role as Rick Flag Sr., and will be seeking revenge for Peacemaker killing his son Rick Jr. (Joel Kinnaman) in The Suicide Squad.

Gunn, Peter Safran, and Matt Miller are the series' executive producers. Co-executive producer John Cena and consulting producer Stacy Littlejohn are also involved in the production of the show.

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40 Comments

DocSpock - 9/8/2024, 11:51 AM

This is good. Superman must be the first strike cornerstone for the whole new DCU. It better be good.

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 11:56 AM

@DocSpock - 'Peacemaker: Season 2' is part of a "whole new DCU"? What?

lazlodaytona - 9/8/2024, 1:19 PM

@DocSpock - agreed. Not crazy about the Creature Commandos" being first but at least it's just animated. Superman being the 1st film is important for so many reasons.

DocSpock - 9/8/2024, 5:31 PM

@Lisa89 -

Yes! It's part of the 100% totally almost nearly kinda sideways all new DCU!

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 5:34 PM

@DocSpock - Buy that domain name and make some quick cash off of WB.

DocSpock - 9/8/2024, 5:35 PM

@lazlodaytona -

Yes. CC doesn't matter much, because 95% of the general movie going audience will never see that anyway.

DocSpock - 9/8/2024, 5:36 PM

@Lisa89 -

Good idea! That may be the main title of their next reboot!

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 11:53 AM

A completely clean slate was the ONLY way to really make this work. On an important level, Gunn is failing before he even gets started.

ImNotaBot - 9/8/2024, 12:05 PM

@Lisa89 - While i agree with you. Pacemaker and The Suicide Squad were soo good, i dont mind keeping them around. Also, Viola as Amanda Waller is one of the best CBM casting of all time and im happy we’ll see more of her.

UncleHarm1 - 9/8/2024, 12:22 PM

@Lisa89 - The ONLY way it will work is if it's good and people watch. Not enough people care about continuity to effect box office numbers in any significant way

vectorsigma - 9/8/2024, 12:47 PM

@Lisa89 - why will it fail if he is cherry picking things that worked from the previous universe?

The man has a plan. Let him cook.

#InGunnWeTrust

vectorsigma - 9/8/2024, 12:49 PM

@ImNotaBot - i completelt agree. Maybe seeing Viola in the role made him decide that he can bring these roles to his new universe.

lazlodaytona - 9/8/2024, 1:21 PM

@Lisa89 - howin the world do you come to that collusion?! What's your proof?

lazlodaytona - 9/8/2024, 1:22 PM

@vectorsigma - amen brother!

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 1:49 PM

@lazlodaytona - We're all clearly just sharing our opinions, so I'm not sure what you mean by proof. Regardless, 'Peacemaker: Season 1' very certainly takes place in the 2013-2023 DCEU. See below. So, that means 'Superman' (2025) isn't a fresh start. At best, it just takes place somewhere else in the multiverse and if you kiss Gunn's ass hard enough, you get to cross over. I believe that this approach will end up pleasing very few and will be seen, in retrospect, as a stupid move. I hope I'm wrong, but why choose to start things on a divisive, pre-existing foundation if you don't have to?

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McMurdo - 9/8/2024, 4:41 PM

@Lisa89 - it's a brand new universe with a Peacemaker, Waller, and Blue Beatle whom happen to be played by the same actors. Period.

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 4:54 PM

@McMurdo - Do you honestly believe that 'Peacemaker: Season 2' with make absolutely NO reference to 'Peacemaker: Season 1'?
Hell, doesn't just calling it "Season 2" place it in the same continuity with the clip I posted above?

McMurdo - 9/8/2024, 6:29 PM

@Lisa89 - Gunn has already said there will be an explanation even if it won't dominate the season

vectorsigma - 9/8/2024, 7:54 PM

@lazlodaytona - my most anticipated movie of 2025 🙏

lazlodaytona - 9/9/2024, 9:26 AM

@Lisa89 - well, considering there hasn't been one trailer, let alone a teaser of anything yet, it seems kind of early to judge Gunn's approach. I get your point on cherry picking what Gunn likes from the previous universe to stay. I do have a feeling it'll make more sense when we actually see what he's got planned.

lazlodaytona - 9/9/2024, 9:27 AM

@vectorsigma - heck yeah! Mine too

TheVisionary25 - 9/8/2024, 11:54 AM

Makes sense since they are already shooting…

Anyway , looking forward to it since I thought S1 was solid!!.

Wonder what the new intro will be too…

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ModHaterSLADE - 9/8/2024, 12:04 PM

Good, Superman should take priority since it's been so long since he's had a live-action project.

ProfessorWhy - 9/8/2024, 12:15 PM

I can imagine the entirety of the DC world in the vein of Suicide Squad and Peacemaker , and it feels wrong to me. The wrong flavor.....a PB&J omelet. We'll all see soon enough I guess. I just think that the inevitable toilet humor and adolescent vibe will seem inappropriate

vectorsigma - 9/8/2024, 12:55 PM

@ProfessorWhy - just because his recent works were similar (gotg/ss/peacemaker) doesnt mean he will use it to Superman too.

He is a great creative and knows his comicbooks. He will handle this well.

TheNewYorker - 9/8/2024, 1:54 PM

@vectorsigma - of course it does. Look at the set photos.. shit looks goofy as [frick]!

vectorsigma - 9/8/2024, 7:57 PM

@TheNewYorker - set photos are not indication of the movie's quality. You see a guy gardner goofy bowl cut and you deduce that? While other marvel fanboys will giggle at the sight of "comic accurate" anything

ObserverIO - 9/8/2024, 12:28 PM

Goonies 2 is a go.

lazlodaytona - 9/8/2024, 1:30 PM

@ObserverIO -

NonPlayerC - 9/8/2024, 1:00 PM

Never read anything peacemaker, a diplomat? WOW they must have went way off script. I enjoyed the wackiness of the show

TheVisionary25 - 9/8/2024, 1:03 PM

@NonPlayerC - yeah , that was when he started but then they kinda changed the character post Crisis.

In that he finds out his whole Peacemaker persona was created as a result of a serious mental illness due to the shame of finding out his dad was a Nazi.

He even starts hallucinating his dad which we got in the finale.

NonPlayerC - 9/8/2024, 2:09 PM

@TheVisionary25 - oh nice. Maybe I’ll check some of those out

Godzilla2000Zer - 9/8/2024, 1:21 PM

Great news Superman and Peacemaker in the same year.

FusionWarrior - 9/8/2024, 1:28 PM

Do Ya Wanna Taste It!

Truoptimusprime - 9/8/2024, 2:09 PM

So, we are supposed to forget about The Justice League showing up at the end of Season 1!?

HerrmanM - 9/8/2024, 2:19 PM

I'm such a simp for this man that I cant control my tiny erection at full blast anymore even while reading this amazing news article written by the amazing talent on this amazing web page! Im like a little woodpecker right now. You guys would be in danger of a small eye poke if you were in the same room with me right now.

Lisa89 - 9/8/2024, 5:10 PM

@HermanM - Stop oversharing.

Randy1 - 9/8/2024, 2:37 PM

I think mcu better then dc....but superman better then mcu.

JFerguson - 9/8/2024, 3:38 PM

I love peacemaker on first watch. Couldn’t handle a rewatch. The jokes don’t land the same. It’s like my brain can only handle the manchild antics once

McMurdo - 9/8/2024, 4:48 PM

Peacemaker s1 and TSS were both fantastic. Hyped for this.

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