Summary
Peacemakerweathered the storm of James Gunn’s regime change, and subsequent DC Universe reboot better than most, and now the show’s star has given fans a promising update on when they can expect the next installment.
Peacemakerfirst made a live-action debut inThe Suicide Squad, the Gunn-made 2021 reboot of the disastrous 2016Suicide Squadfilm. Surprising audiences by unexpectedly being one of thebest live-action interpretations of a comic book character, rising Hollywood star and future WWE Hall of Famer John Cena would own the role and inspire director James Gunn to push for a standalone series for the character. The show would be greenlit and give fans a solid first season, with the character becoming a massive figure in the public eye and even netting himself a guest spot on the roster of Mortal Kombat 1. This success and the Gunn/Peter Safran ascension to heads of DC Studios all but secured the show’s future on the Max streaming service.
There are a lot ofthings fans would like to see fromPeacemakerseason 2, and the wait for the new season has been made harder by the lack of confirmation about its release date. While there’s still no ironclad date for the show’s release on Warner Bros.’ Max streaming platform, series lead Cena would give fans some degree of comfort in a recent red carpet appearance. While speaking toThe Directon the red carpet for his latest project,Jackpot!, at the TCL Chinese Theater in LA. When asked when fans can expect to see the new season ofPeacemakerdebut on Max, Cena gave a pretty solid answer as far as release windows from actors go, saying, “I’m hopeful in saying next year… And that’s about the only Peacemaker question I can answer.” The proactive shutdown of further questions is par for the course for the leading man on such an exciting project, with plot details and other titbits heading into the second season still under wraps.
While Cena gave a fairly vague estimate, his answer is still very useful for constructing a release window for fans to manage their expectations. Taking Cena’s comment on a hopeful 2025 release alongside Gunn’s previous social media comments onPeacemakerseason 2 releasing “afterSuperman”, it’s clear that the release window for Peacemaker season 2 is between Superman’s currently set July 22, 2025 release date and the end of next year.Considering thatPeacemakersurvived theBatgirl-era cancellationsand the reboot of the DCU, it’s fitting that the project’s next installment gets to benefit from the hype of the new DCU’s landmark project.
Peacemakerhas a lot of goodwill going into its second season and as a less popular comic character being written by the studio’s head honcho, there’s very little by way of hurdles that the show would have to overcome to deliver a grear follow-up for the viewing audience. Following the character’s addition to MK1 and MK Mobile, some new fans could even be tuning in to watch the second season, which has a lot to deliver. In addition to threads left off in season 1 and giving a good standalone story that doesn’t take away from the tone of the new DCU, Peacemaker’s second season might also be tasked with setting up the planned spin-off series focused on Amanda Waller. While fans arenot entirely sure howPeacemaker’ssecond season will work with the new continuity, Gunn is likely to have everything figured out behind the scenes.
With the first season’s finale airing all the way back at the start of 2022, a 2025 release window is a long time to wait for a second installment. The anticipation is pretty high, asGunn has promised even more DC cameos inPeacemaker’s secondseason, among tons of other great stuff expected to come. While fans will have to be a bit patient, there’s still the DCU animated first salvoCreature Commandoesand live-action headlinerSupermanto look forward to in the meantime, both with James Gunn’s hands on the wheel.
Peacemakeris available to stream on Max, with a second season currently set to release in 2025.
Peacemaker
John Cena stars as James Gunn’s titular Peacemaker, a former member of the Suicide Squad who will go to any lengths to ensure peace. He is once again enlisted by Amanda Waller to take on an alien threat, and he’ll have to learn to work with the other members of his team in order to complete his objective. Along the way, Peacemaker faces demons from his past and confronts his own identity.
