HBO Max dropped the hotly anticipated full trailer for S2 of Peacemaker—James Gunn’s Emmy-nominated collection spun off from his 2021 movie, The Suicide Squad —at San Diego Comedian-Con this weekend.
(Spoilers for S1 under.)
As beforehand reported, the eight-episode first season was set 5 months after the occasions of The Suicide Squad. Having survived a near-fatal taking pictures, Peacemaker—aka Christopher Smith—is recruited by the US authorities for a brand new mission: the mysterious Undertaking Butterfly, led by a mercenary named Clemson Murn (Chukwudi Iwuji). The staff additionally contains A.R.G.U.S. agent John Economos (Steve Agee) of the Belle Reve Penitentiary, Nationwide Safety Company agent and former Waller aide Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), and new staff member Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).
Undertaking Butterfly turned out to be a mission to save lots of Earth from an alien species of parasitic butterfly-like creatures who took over human our bodies. The misfit members of the challenge ultimately succeeded in defeating the butterflies in a showdown at a ranch, and even survived the carnage regardless of some extreme accidents.
Cena, Brooks, Holland, Agee, and Stroma are all again for S2, together with Nhut Lee as Judomaster and Eagly, after all. Robert Patrick can also be listed within the S2 forged, reprising his position as Chris’ father, Auggie. New forged members embody Frank Grillo as Rick Flagg Sr. (Grillo voiced the position within the animated Creature Commandos), now head of A.R.G.U.S. and out to avenge his son’s dying; Tim Meadows as A.R.G.U.S. agent Langston Fleury; Sol Rodriguez as Sasha Bordeaux; and Michael Rooker as Purple St. Wild, described as Eagly’s “nemesis.”
The occasions of S1 performed out throughout the outdated DCEU, whereas S2 takes place within the new DCU, however Gunn has stated that these earlier occasions are nonetheless thought-about “canon,” aside from the cameos by DCEU Justice League members. S2 is a part of Gunn’s “Gods and Monsters” slate; Cena’s Peacemaker even made a quick cameo in Superman. This time round, Chris shall be struggling “to reconcile his previous along with his newfound sense of function whereas persevering with to kick righteous evil-doer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any price,” per the official synopsis.
