‘Peacemaker' Season 2 Trailer: John Cena Returns in James Gunn's New DC Universe With Cameos From Guy Gardner and Hawkgirl
Team Peacemaker is finally back.
John Cena's very R-rated DC superhero has returned in the first trailer for 'Peacemaker' Season 2, created by DC Studios co-chief James Gunn. The sophomore season takes place in the rebooted DC Universe, which officially kicked off with Gunn's animated series 'Creature Commando' and continues with his summer tentpole 'Superman.' Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner and Isabela Merced's Hawkgirl cameo in the trailer and will appear in 'Superman.'
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The first 'Peacemaker' season released in 2022 on Max (back when it was called HBO Max) and was a spinoff of Gunn's 2021 'The Suicide Squad' movie. It stars Cena's patriotic mercenary Christopher Smith, who debuted as Peacemaker in 'The Suicide Squad,' as he starts working for the mysterious company A.R.G.U.S., the Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans. In Season 1, he investigates Project Butterfly and is tasked to kill off parasitic aliens that have taken over the minds of humans around the world.
The cast also includes Danielle Brooks, the daughter of Suicide Squad founder and A.R.G.U.S. leader Amanda Waller (Viola Davis); Freddie Stroma as the hapless crimefighter Vigilante; Steve Agee as A.R.G.U.S. agent John Economos; Jennifer Holland as A.R.G.U.S. agent Emilia Harcourt; Robert Patrick as August 'Auggie' Smith, Peacemaker's racist dad who also goes by the name White Dragon; Sol Rodriguez; Tim Meadows; and, of course, Peacemaker's beloved bird sidekick Eagly. Frank Grillo also stars as Rick Flag Sr. in Season 2 after originating the voice role in the animated 'Creature Commandos.' After Peacemaker killed his son Rick Flag Jr. (Joel Kinnaman) in 'The Suicide Squad,' there will surely be some unfinished business between the senior Rick Flag and the mercenary.
'Peacemaker' Season 2 debuts on Max on Aug. 21 and will consist of eight episodes.
Watch the trailer below.
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