PEACEMAKER: John Cena's Christopher Smith Is "A Superhero Now" In New Season 2 Teaser

We're still waiting on a full trailer, but thanks to a new Max promo, we have some new footage from the second season of James Gunn's Peacemaker...

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 06, 2025 09:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Peacemaker

John Cena is currently heeling it up for the first time in his WWE career as the challenger for Cody Rhodes' championship at WrestleMania later this month, but we've seen his DCU character undergo the opposite transformation.

Christopher Smith went from being a pretty despicable figure in The Suicide Squad to a more sympathetic protagonist in spin-off series, Peacemaker, and it seems he'll be trying his hand at being a fully-fledged hero in the second season of the Max series.

The streamer has released a new promo spotlighting a number of upcoming shows, and it includes some footage from Peacemaker season 2. It's only a few seconds, but we see Smith giving a thumbs up as fiery chaos rages in the background, before leaping through the window of a burning building. Then, Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) tells her teammate that he's a "superhero now."

Peacemaker will return to our screens on August 21.

Counting the days until Peace on Earth. I just finished the DI & Mix on the Season Premiere yesterday and wow it’s one of my favorite things ever. DC Studios’ #Peacemaker Season 2 coming soon only on @StreamOnMax August 21. pic.twitter.com/df3yOcCsdn
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 7, 2025

Let the circus begin. pic.twitter.com/XjXt9AV2X8
— Max (@StreamOnMax) April 7, 2025

Gunn recently clarified some confusing comments he made last year about season 1 of The Suicide Squad spin-off, which he said he didn't view as being canon with the new DCU despite the upcoming second season being a part of the burgeoning shared movie and TV universe.

While speaking to IGN, Gunn revealed that "almost all" of Peacemaker season 1 is canon, with one notable exception that you've probably already guessed.

"In Creature Commandos, you'll hear them talk about things that happened in [The] Suicide Squad or Peacemaker,” Gunn explained. “Well then, those things automatically become canon.”

“The truth is almost all of Peacemaker is canon with the exception of Justice League," added Gunn. "Which we will kind of deal with in the next season of Peacemaker."

As expected, the comedic sequence featuring members of the League showing up way too late to save the day in the season finale of Peacemaker will need to be retconned. We're not exactly sure how Gunn intends to accomplish this, but thanks to some recent set photos, we might have a pretty good idea.

Though the photo has since been removed, a mural was spotted on set earlier this year featuring 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's late brother, Keith.

We do know that Robert Patrick is set to return as Augee Smith despite being killed off in the season 1 finale, and the characters somehow finding themselves in a different part of the DC Multiverse would explain Gunn's comments about season 1 not being part of the DCU.

Rather than simply pretending the Justice League cameos didn't happen, Gunn might be planning to bring Peacemaker and the supporting characters into a whole new reality.

"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," reads the season 1 synopsis.

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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HashTagSwagg - 4/6/2025, 9:32 PM

Of course, even for an 11 second promo, he still feels the need to include a shot of his wife.

harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 9:34 PM

@HashTagSwagg - his wife is the peacemaker

bobevanz - 4/6/2025, 9:48 PM

@HashTagSwagg - someone's jealous

Malatrova15 - 4/6/2025, 9:59 PM

@harryba11zack - more like The Pissmaker... In my mouth.... Like... Now

AllsNotGood - 4/7/2025, 1:26 AM

@HashTagSwagg - gunn is the career maker

JustAWaffle - 4/7/2025, 1:36 AM

@Malatrova15 -

TheVisionary25 - 4/6/2025, 9:38 PM

Cool!!.

I thought S1 was solid so I’m looking forward to this…

Also intrigued by Duster , Task & Welcome to Derry aswell in that preview.

Clintthahamster - 4/7/2025, 7:02 AM

@TheVisionary25 - Their luster has faded a bit since the Discovery merger, but I'll still give pretty much anything HBO produces a shot.

Mrnorth1921 - 4/6/2025, 9:41 PM

Guys, let it go! Dude is the head of dc company. His wife has a role in a show. One show. She isn’t a main character and is playing a no name character not a significant superhero or villain.

Synder is gone! Gunn’s Superman will be successful. It’s the second most watched trailer ever. Even if half of those people who watched the trailer see the movie. It will easily make a billion dollars. This movie has superman right.

And complain what you will, Peacemaker, Guardians, and the Suicide Squad have been loved by critics and the general audience.

Maybe Cavill will return in another role or elseworld Superman film. Gunn would allow for a Kingdom Come to happen.

HulkisHoly - 4/6/2025, 10:42 PM

@Mrnorth1921 -

Well said

TheVisionary25 - 4/6/2025, 11:14 PM

@Mrnorth1921 - agreed

people treat like Gunn is the only person in history that has had his friends and family in movies.

Also I have liked Hollands character “Emilia Harcourt” and I think she does well in that role (she was an actress far before she was his wife).

People have genuinely nothing better to do nowadays but complain and frankly it’s beyond annoying now.

soberchimera - 4/6/2025, 11:21 PM

@Mrnorth1921 - She isn’t a main character
She isn’t a main character
She isn’t a main character
She isn’t a main character

Mrnorth1921 - 4/7/2025, 1:57 AM

@soberchimera - is she a superhero? Is she a supervillain? She is a no named character on a b-list superhero show.

AllsNotGood - 4/7/2025, 2:04 AM

@Mrnorth1921 - what has Snyder got to do with anything

Mrnorth1921 - 4/7/2025, 3:21 AM

@AllsNotGood - people have been ragging on Gunn ever since he took over and fired Henry Cavil as Superman.

And been targeting him in any way possible. Mostly picking on the fact that he puts his wife in stuff.

ZaphodDent42 - 4/7/2025, 3:22 AM

@Mrnorth1921 - and also she plays the character really well! It's complaining for complainings sake now.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 4:53 AM

@Mrnorth1921 - Would it be bad if she were a main character? I mean, she's an actress. She's good. Let James Gunn cast who he's gonna cast. These are his guys.

I don't know if The Suicide Squad was popular with the GA though. I know they love Margot's Harley Quinn but those Suicide Squad movies are really inaccessible for a non comics fan.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 4:55 AM

And TSS was a commercial failure.

AllsNotGood - 4/7/2025, 6:48 AM

@Mrnorth1921 - taking the place of someone who deserves it more

AllsNotGood - 4/7/2025, 6:49 AM

@ObserverIO - if she's so good why doesn't she get work. She's been in nothing that wasn't handed to her

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 6:52 AM

@AllsNotGood - Nobody does.

NinnesMBC - 4/6/2025, 9:43 PM

Here we go again.

bobevanz - 4/6/2025, 9:50 PM

Season one was fantastic, I'll gladly watch season two. If anyone has a Max subscription watch The Pitt. That'll sweep the Emmy's for sure

ToldYaSo - 4/7/2025, 2:59 AM

@bobevanz - ABSOLUTELY accurate!

ElJefe - 4/7/2025, 4:53 AM

@bobevanz - Best show going right now

Biggums - 4/7/2025, 7:08 AM

@bobevanz - bookmarked*
Thanks

Order66 - 4/6/2025, 10:17 PM

If you’re introducing someone new to the DCU who has no knowledge of DC, it’s probably not smart to make them watch the suicidal squad and peacemaker season 1. Just start them off with creature commandos and say this is the official start of this universe. Having them watch those 2 DCEU entries and then having to explain most is canon and what is not canon blah blah blah is too confusing for them.

RolandD - 4/6/2025, 11:01 PM

@Order66 - It’s really not that difficult or maybe you just need smarter friends.

Order66 - 4/6/2025, 11:53 PM

@RolandD - for the general audience who don’t live and breathe CBM and know everything like us, I can see it being confusing for them.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 12:45 AM

@Order66 - OK, I absolutely respect your opinion. I don’t think it will be that big of a deal for people to understand. In fact, the general audience doesn’t pay the attention to these details that we do so again I still don’t think it’ll be that big of a deal. I am absolutely prepared to be wrong though.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 5:22 AM

@RolandD - It's not hard to understand if you explain it to them, but the movies don't explain it to them.

How are they supposed to know that Guy Gardner is the protector of Space Sector 2814 as part of an intergalactic police force and that his magical ring has the power to transform his will into light energy?
When they see GL in Superman they're not gonna get it beyond 'cartoony superhero'.

The GA are predisposed to disregard 'cartoony superheroes' that's why it's such a magnificent feat for movies like X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman Begins, Iron Man and their sequels to bring the general audience into our world in a way that they do get.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 5:39 AM

@ObserverIO - That’s not even what we were discussing but okay.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 5:44 AM

@ObserverIO - Also, the very thing that put Gunn on the map with the GA, totally disproves your thesis.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 6:14 AM

@RolandD - No it doesn't. GOTG? It starts at the beginning. A small boy on Earth can't bare to see his Mom die so he runs outside and is abducted by aliens.
Years later he's an adult and lives at the other end of the galaxy where there is an intergalactic alien community (unbeknownst to the people of Earth).

That's all the explanation they need. Aliens. Different species, advanced technology. It's a catch-all.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 6:17 AM

@ObserverIO - Green Lantern wears an alien ring. Advanced technology. It’s a catch-all.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 6:29 AM

@RolandD - That would be fine if he were an alien at the other end of the galaxy where the movie was set.

But it's set on Earth and he's a human. So what's the story there? I know it, you know it, the GA doesn't know it.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 6:31 AM

@ObserverIO - And really, I was not thinking about Peter when I wrote my comment. I was thinking about what I thought would tank the original movie, Rocket and Groot. It doesn’t get more cartoony than sentient trees and raccoons, regardless of the explanations.

RolandD - 4/7/2025, 6:40 AM

@ObserverIO - So you’ve seen Superman already. Wow. I wish I was as lucky. All it would take is one line to say that he’s got an alien ring and you have all the explanation you need based on your alien explanation qualifier. ALS, it’s far less cartoony than Rocket and Groot. Also, I would bet that the GA knows far more about GL going into this movie than the GA going into GotG did about Rocket and Groot who are way more cartoony than someone wielding an alien power ring.

ObserverIO - 4/7/2025, 6:50 AM

@RolandD - Aliens look freaky what can I say. You're right though I'm assuming I haven't actually seen the movie, I'm just guessing that the movie will not explain these things. There's a chance that everything will be explained in some fashion or another. It's possible that Superman being an alien will be a way to connect all the extra-terrestrial elements and that Lex being into genetics-based weapons technologies like Ultraman will be a way into the catch-all metagene explanation for every human in the universe with special powers like Metamorpho.

But it's equally possible that Gunn will never explain any of this and that he won't even offer us an explanation for how Superman's dog survived the destruction of Krypton.

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