{"id":26792,"date":"2025-07-27T08:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26792\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:01:09","slug":"peacemaker-season-2-trailer-drops-at-comic-con-shows-john-cena-parallel-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26792\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Trailer Drops at Comic-Con; Shows John Cena Parallel Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDC Studios stepped in at San Diego Comic-Con<\/a> where Marvel Studios use to dwell: the late Saturday spot in Hall H with the James Gunn co-run Warner Bros comic book label bringing the second season of Peacemaker<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tBut there was also more reason for glee, for as the panel\u2019s moderator Joshua Horowitz observed: \u201cJames this is the first time you\u2019ve been in front of crowd since Superman.\u201d And with that, Hall H erupted in cheer. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe panel kicked off with the new trailer for season 2 which shows John Cena\u2019s Christopher Smith enjoying a new parallel dimension he\u2019s found. It\u2019s just like our, and it\u2019s even better. It\u2019s a place where he can hook up with Jennifer Holland\u2019s Harcourt. Meanwhile, back in the real world, Frank Grillo\u2019s Rick Flag Sr (from Superman) is out to close the portal in his face-off with Peacemaker. Says Leota in the new trailer to Chris, \u201cNo matter how great the grass is over there, you belong here with us.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Gunn about season 2\u2019s Smith: \u201cI really like TV shows where the characters don\u2019t just return every season and they\u2019re the same exact characters. I want to see growth. I want to see change and sometimes regression,\u201d Gunn said. \u201cAnd Peacemaker is a different guy this year. He\u2019s dealing with the demons he uncovered from the first season and trying to deal with them, and the world is not accepting him the way he is. They aren\u2019t accepting him as a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGunn\u2019s Superman leads straight into Peacemaker season 2 with that movie\u2019s supporting characters Green Lantern\/Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl\/Kendra Saunders (Isabel Merced) and Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn). That trio, as seen in the first teaser, grill Peacemaker for an interview with the Justice League. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to the trailer show today, Hall H attendees got to see a clip of Harcourt beating up guys in a bar after they try hitting on her with whistles and cat calls. Gunn called it his favorite day on set until they filmed something for Episode 8, which became his new favorite day on set. Holland also teased that she gets to do a\u00a0Dirty Dancing\u00a0lift in the opening credits scene.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the season one finale, John Cena\u2019s Christiopher Smith saves the world from alien butterflies. We also learn that Leota (Danielle Brooks) has a mother, and that\u2019s Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). Season one ends with Chris sitting on his stoop, pondering the complexity of life, next to the ghost of his racist dad, Auggie (Robert Patrick) (it\u2019s inferred that the guy will be hanging around like an acerbic Obi-Wan Kenobi in season 2). Meanwhile, Goff, the butterfly who was possessing Sophie, has been kept alive by Chris. Chris\u2019 father leaves behind a house with an arsenal of weapons and costumes. <\/p>\n

\n\tPer the logline, the new season follows Christopher \u201cChris\u201d Smith, aka Peacemaker, the vigilante Super Hero as he struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose while continuing to kick righteous evil-doer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any cost.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing today\u2019s Peacemaker sesh, there\u2019s a musical performance from season 2 band Foxy Shazam and Steel Panther.<\/p>\n

\n\tReturning Season 2 cast appearing on stage today included Holland, Freddie Stroma, Steve Agee, new cast members Sol Rodriguez and Tim Meadows, Grillo, and Cena. Danielle Brooks came down with illness, seemingly food poisoning, after going out to dinner with Gunn, who got over it by this morning. Cena took the opportunity to chug water to avoid getting sick. The actor then joked about peeing his suit. Gunn also mentioned that Eagley gets his own Lex Luther in Michael Rooker who plays a world renowned eagle hunter. <\/p>\n

\n\tGunn wrote all eight episodes of Peacemaker and directed three, including the first episode. Gunn, Peter Safran, and Cena are EPs. Greg Mottola, Peter Sollett, and Althea Jones also direct. Based on characters from DC, Peacemaker is produced by Gunn\u2019s Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros. Television.<\/p>\n

\n\tPeacemaker happens on Aug. 21. at 9PM ET\/PT on HBO Max. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DC Studios stepped in at San Diego Comic-Con where Marvel Studios use to dwell: the late Saturday spot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15101,96,12979,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-26792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-comic-con","tag-entertainment","tag-peacemaker","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}