PEACEMAKER Red-Band Trailer Features Gratuitous Violence, An Orgy, And A Lex Luthor Mention

PEACEMAKER Red-Band Trailer Features Gratuitous Violence, An Orgy, And A Lex Luthor Mention

A new red-band trailer for Peacemaker season 2 has dropped, and it reveals a very different side to the DCU as we get a taste of the R-Rated madness to come when the former Task Force X member returns...

By JoshWilding - Aug 14, 2025 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

HBO Max has released a red-band trailer for Peacemaker season 2, and it offers a much better idea of what to expect from the series ahead of its return to our screens next week. 

Lex Luthor gets a mention, while we also see plenty of bloody violence; at one point, Eagly tears out someone's eyeball before delivering a severed finger to Christopher Smith. There's even an orgy scene, and some intriguing hints about the new world Peacemaker visits. 

The social media and review embargo lifts tomorrow, and critics were given five of eight episodes in advance. We'll be sharing our verdict at 12pm ET/9am PT, and will let you know then whether DC Studios can keep its winning streak going after Creature Commandos and Superman

James Gunn recently teased how Peacemaker season 2 ties into Superman"You've seen what we call the QUC, the Quantum Unfolding Chamber, in the first season of Peacemaker, and we see more about that technology in Superman," the filmmaker teased. "The QUC is the center of the story in Peacemaker season 2."

"We see a lot of different characters from Superman in the [season], [including] Isabela and Nathan and Sean, and then we see a bunch of other characters later on in the season from other parts of the DCU and from Superman," Gunn continued. "There might even be one really, really, really big cameo near the end of the show."

That "really, really, really big cameo" is likely why the final few episodes have been held back, similar to what happened with season 1 when the Justice League's Aquaman and The Flash showed up. 

Check out the new red-band trailer for Peacemaker season 2 in the players below.

Peacemaker season 2 follows Christopher 'Chris' Smith, aka Peacemaker, the vigilante superhero, as he struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose while continuing to kick righteous evildoer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any cost. 

He discovers an alternate world where life is everything he wishes it could be. But this discovery also forces him to face his traumatic past and take the future into his own hands.

This second batch of episodes will star John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Frank Grillo, Sol Rodríguez, David Denman, Brey Noelle, and Tim Meadows. Will Joel Kinnaman return as Rick Flag Jr.? You can find out here. 

James Gunn wrote all eight episodes of Peacemaker and directed three, including the first episode. Gunn, Peter Safran, and Cena serve as executive producers. Greg Mottola, Peter Sollett, and Alethea Jones also direct.

Peacemaker season 2 premieres on HBO on August 21. 

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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 8/14/2025, 1:11 PM
Peace-meh-ker.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/14/2025, 1:19 PM
@JoshWilding - did you not like s1? I thought s1 was pretty great.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 8/14/2025, 1:21 PM
@McMurdo - Loved season 1. Season 2 review tomorrow.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 8/14/2025, 1:37 PM
@JoshWilding - User Comment Image
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/14/2025, 1:12 PM
Superman on digital this weekend. Then Peacemaker s2 on Thu. We eating good 👌
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/14/2025, 1:13 PM
and for the other lucky guys. NE zha 2 eng dub the next weekend. Me jealous 🥲
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 8/14/2025, 1:12 PM
"Please verify your age"

Lisa89
Lisa89 - 8/14/2025, 1:15 PM
Emilia Harcourt R.I.P. October 9, 2025
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/14/2025, 1:21 PM
@Lisa89 - want to bet on it? I say it wont happen. Just a friendly internet bet
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/14/2025, 1:25 PM
@Lisa89 - that... is oddly precise.

Do we need to worry about you.... again?
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 8/14/2025, 1:52 PM
@UltimaRex -
@vectorsigma - It’s the date of the final, Harcourt blood-smeared, episode.
cubichy
cubichy - 8/14/2025, 1:18 PM
Its a travesty, he is not a superhero, its just The Boys for DC. Gunn better get his act together, he never should have put this turd in superman. The violence, gore, corny jokes and slapstick comedy may win some fans, but the majority are here for comic book hero's, Gunn needs to get back into the trinity and JL. Superman wasn't that good and will not even break 700 million, I wouldn't be celebrating with numbers like that. Instead of bring primary characters to the screen, he wastes time with a show that copies the Boys, they already did the orgy, and ignores all the great IP that DC has. DC is on a respirator and this turd will not change that!!
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/14/2025, 1:23 PM
@cubichy - Dude, this is a tv series that wb needs to get more subscribers and at the same time expand the dcu. 2 birds in 1 stone.

Gunn has plans for the trinity and JL and it will be a slow and fun burn in the movies.

For now, a change of pace on tv is welcome imo
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/14/2025, 1:24 PM
@cubichy - you could just say "I don't like Peacemaker".

Less typing and more people will read it.
Laridian
Laridian - 8/14/2025, 1:26 PM
@cubichy - tl;dr
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/14/2025, 1:20 PM
Was that Sydney Happersen in there?
noname
noname - 8/14/2025, 1:30 PM
@UltimaRex - Yeah, and Otis. Maybe they're secretly still working for Lex, but...it doesn't make sense. Shouldn't EVERYONE involved with Lex's scheme be in prison? They split half of Metropolis and sent the Hammer of Boravia.

Everyone behind that panel should be in fkn prison. What the [frick], James. Aren't you the same guy who spoke about things being logical in the story?
noname
noname - 8/14/2025, 1:33 PM
@UltimaRex - And if Sydney and Otis were working for Rick Flagg the whole time, it still doesn't change the fact that they terrorized Metropolis. If an undercover cop murders a guy to not blow his cover, he's still going to prison.
roboticJohnson
roboticJohnson - 8/14/2025, 2:34 PM
@noname - is it possible this will be explained in the show?
noname
noname - 8/14/2025, 3:01 PM
@roboticJohnson - Knowing James Gunn, I dont think so.

He said the Jor-el thing wont be explored further on.

Hawk Girl kills the president of Boravia in Superman, and I GUARANTEE we will see NO repercussions from that.

I really dont think he's gonna make sense of that shit. Because either way you look at it, they should be in prison.
noname
noname - 8/14/2025, 3:05 PM
@roboticJohnson - Also, we dont see a single member of his crew getting arrested in Superman. Not one person.

And they were all accomplices.

Mind you, this is the same guy that said everything in a script has to make logical sense or else he won't greenlight it. JAMES!!! YOUR OWN SCRIPT HAS HOLES IN IT!! COME ON, BRO!
DraculaX
DraculaX - 8/15/2025, 2:46 AM
@noname - probably cut deals to testify against Lex
noname
noname - 8/15/2025, 5:26 AM
@DraculaX - cutting a deal like they're now working for Flagg to get revenge on Peacemaker? Huh? Doesnt make sense
DraculaX
DraculaX - 8/16/2025, 6:14 PM
@noname - working for Flagg to stay out of jail
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/14/2025, 1:28 PM
I think that seems fun , looking forward to it!!.

The humor worked for me in that trailer , the action seems cool and it feels like it’ll have some nice heart to it also.
noname
noname - 8/14/2025, 1:35 PM
I have NO problem with Peacemaker and Lanterns being TV MA, my question, however, is if kids are trying to keep up with the new DC, they really can't, right?

Again, no problem with the R ratings. Hell, I want Supergirl to be rated R, but you know...it is ultimately for kids, right?
tb86
tb86 - 8/14/2025, 3:18 PM
So Lanterns is going to TV-MA? I admit I haven’t read many Green Lantern comics but I don’t think the comics were that R-Rated. I mean what exactly warrants a TV-MA rating for a Green Lantern tv series? There was an animated series for kids. For a comedy like Peacemaker it’s pretty much everything from Profanity, Sex, Nudity, Violence etc. Of course I don’t what kind of series Lanterns is gonna be but I know Green Lantern isn’t meant to be on the same level as Peacemaker. Apparently it’s plot is inspired by two detectives shows I’ve never seen and I think one of the people who worked on one of those (Slow Horses I think it’s called) is working on Lanterns. So it’s a detective drama?
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 8/14/2025, 6:13 PM
@tb86 - Lanterns is the only thing I'm possibly looking forward to in this universe. I assume they'll come across some gnarly scenes which is why it's TV-MA
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