PEACEMAKER Season 2 Leaked Teaser Confirms Multiverse Story - Are We Getting A DCEU/DCU Crossover?

A new TV spot for Peacemaker season 2 confirms that the HBO Max series will have a Multiversal component, but does that mean we should expect a crossover between the DCEU and new DCU? Check it out here...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 14, 2025 05:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Peacemaker

A new 30-second teaser for Peacemaker season 2 is playing in select theaters, and it's now found its way online. While the first trailer saw Christopher Smith come face-to-face with his doppelgänger, this sneak peek confirms the confrontation is playing out in another reality.

Needless to say, this has raised questions about whether James Gunn intends to bring the DCEU's Peacemaker into the DCU rather than simply introducing a new DCU version with a similar history.

Peacemaker season 2's "canon" status has been a hot topic of debate among fans, especially as its characters played such a prominent role in the DCEU. Gunn addressed that last year by saying, "In Creature Commandos, you'll hear them talk about things that happened in [The] Suicide Squad or Peacemaker. Well then, those things automatically become canon."

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

There are indications that Peacemaker season 2 is a reboot, but also some hard-to-ignore hints that the plan is for the DCEU's Task Force X alum to take the place of his DCU counterpart, somewhat bridging the gap between the two worlds.

Alternatively, it could be that Peacemaker simply uses his pocket universe to visit another reality, with that serving as the next stage in his evolution to becoming a hero. Still, it would be odd to ignore the DCEU and The Suicide Squad lead's history there if that is indeed the case.

Peacemaker follows the explosive escapades of the character John Cena reprises in the aftermath of 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.

The new season 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.

This second batch of episodes has assembled an impressive cast, which includes John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Frank Grillo, Sol Rodríguez, David Denman, Brey Noelle, and Tim Meadows. Joel Kinnaman is also rumoured to appear as Rick Flag Jr.

Peacemaker season 2 premieres on HBO on August 21.

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ProfessorWhy - 7/14/2025, 5:55 AM

Looking forward to some Tim Meadows

OptimusCrime - 7/14/2025, 5:58 AM

No, were getting to see him steppen from the DCEU to the DCU

UnderBelly - 7/14/2025, 6:06 AM

I'm in. After seeing Superman last night, i got to say, i feel like Gunn is just going to treat this like the animated series (not a bad thing) where everything can exist.

Superman was really enjoyable, not perfect, but a really great start.

I feel like the main conversation going forward is going to be about his alien heritage and the 'message'. This kind of compares to some elements from Invincible and some from the recent animated "My Adventures with Superman". Good conversations to have i'd say. Can't wait to se Corenswet and Cena scenes together if we get any.

lazlodaytona - 7/14/2025, 10:17 AM

@UnderBelly - I've been saying for years, or really asking 'why doesnt someone map out the live universe like Bruce Timm's animated universe?

Some Batman, then some Superman (with a bit of cameos), then World's Finest crossover, then Justice League.
Not a difficult thing to follow especially because it generally accepted Timm nailed it with the storytelling with that universe.

McMurdo - 7/14/2025, 10:32 AM

@lazlodaytona - no doubt

EvilErnie - 7/14/2025, 6:18 AM

Hope it doesnt take too long for the release here in germany, like Season 1.

ObserverIO - 7/14/2025, 9:14 AM

@EvilErnie - Did Penguin and Creature Commandos get delayed too?

EvilErnie - 7/14/2025, 10:04 AM

@ObserverIO - Creature Commandos, still no released here. The Penguin were releases last year on September on Sky Atlantic.

ObserverIO - 7/14/2025, 10:29 AM

@EvilErnie - y'see I think this kinda thing is not good for business. The first DCU release still hasn't aired in most of the world.

I wonder if this has affected the international numbers on Superman a little. Like they're literally withholding the DCU TV stuff, so how is anyone meant to get caught up at all?

ObserverIO - 7/14/2025, 10:31 AM

I mean obviously you don't need to see Creature Commandos in order to understand Superman (not that the international audience would have any way of knowing that for sure) but it just feels like they're leaving out the rest of the world. And I'm sure on some level the rest of the world feel this.

emeraldtaurus - 7/14/2025, 6:30 AM

I hope Gunn has done this right. I really love peacemaker ...but I'd like a clean slate re the new DCU, if Gunn can find a clever way to bring the character into it I'm all for it.

ModHaterSLADE - 7/14/2025, 6:36 AM

S1 was great, especially with the Introduction of Vigilante. Looking forward to it.

Repian - 7/14/2025, 6:47 AM

I'd love to see several characters from the multiverse. For example, Jester, played by Bill Hader.

Or Ryan Reynolds playing Jay Garrick.
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28ClungesLater - 7/14/2025, 7:05 AM

So wait.....if he was going the multiverse route what was the point of killing Cavills superman off screen in the flash?

😬

JobinJ - 7/14/2025, 7:21 AM

@28ClungesLater - when did they kill him off screen?

28ClungesLater - 7/14/2025, 7:33 AM

@JobinJ - in the flash

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And then they blended the realities where supergirl dies and superman no longer exists.

dagenspear - 7/14/2025, 7:49 AM

@28ClungesLater - I think that may have been undone at the end.

28ClungesLater - 7/14/2025, 7:55 AM

@dagenspear - it was supposed to be and Cavill and keaton were supposed to show up at the end but when Gunn came on he did reshoots and took that out and left us with Clooney instead 😬

McMurdo - 7/14/2025, 10:34 AM

@28ClungesLater - that was simply because they didn't want folks thinking this universe was genuinely continuing. They decided to reboot.

28ClungesLater - 7/14/2025, 10:52 AM

@McMurdo - yet they left aquaman, shazam, WW, blue beetle and the flash alive. 🧐

Aquaman I get as he was the last DCEU movies but what about everyone else?

Looks like Gunn killed the characters he didn't want to conflict with his versions imo 😬

Moriakum - 7/14/2025, 7:10 AM

Dude has the power to travel between Cinematic Universes.

Gunn has been so self-centered since he became CEO of DC that he couldn't create a Universe from scratch, he had to preserve what he had previously made in a totally different Universe that supposedly no longer exists, creating confusion.

I enjoyed s01 of Peacemaker. I hope this one is as good as the first season.

BigPhilbowski - 7/14/2025, 7:21 AM

My guess is DCEU Peacemaker enters the DCU and kills the DCU version and replaces him in that universe.

Lisa89 - 7/14/2025, 8:37 AM

@BigPhilbowski - Yes, and all the other characters (minus Harcourt) will play the alternate versions of themselves. Harcourt will die in season two so Holland can get a massive upgrade (a titular heroine or one of the “Gotham City Sirens”.

Order66 - 7/14/2025, 10:46 AM

@BigPhilbowski - correct. Peacemaker is the only DCEU character that will teleport to the DCU and stay there. All the other secondary characters will be playing alternate versions of themselves and the events of suicide squad and peacemaker season 1 happened almost identical in both realities except with minor differences of course.

TheVisionary25 - 7/14/2025, 7:27 AM

It’s interesting that we are already dealing with the Multiverse in a way already in the DCU.

Anyway , My guess is that they will act like Peacemaker has always taken place in the DCU barring the DCEU references and JL cameo last season while this “pocket dimension” is used to just further Chris’s arc as a character…

Honestly , i feel doing something like transporting the entire cast of characters over from the DCEU to the DCU as they are aware this isn’t really their home would be too much baggage to deal with but maybe Gunn sees storytelling potential in that so let’s wait & watch.

Anyway , S2 seems good so looking forward to it!!.

Clintthahamster - 7/14/2025, 7:41 AM

@TheVisionary25 - Yeah, they're just doing their own little Multiverse saga. Should be much cleaner to just move a single set of characters over, vs multiple casts from multiple franchises.

TheVisionary25 - 7/14/2025, 8:56 AM

@Clintthahamster - oh , that’s what I mean

I think it would be best to act like S1 of Peacemaker took place almost exactly as we saw it barring the JL cameo & such in this universe instead of moving over these group of characters from one universe to the next since it might be too much baggage to deal with if they are aware they aren’t from there

Clintthahamster - 7/14/2025, 9:10 AM

@TheVisionary25 - It'll be interesting to see how it unfolds.

SATW42 - 7/14/2025, 9:37 AM

@TheVisionary25 - spoiler alert for Superman

Peacemaker makes a cameo where he's being interviewed and talks about not like superman for various reasons, blah blah blah. At no point is "our" Chris at a point where he'd be getting asked to do tv interviews. I full expect Season 2 to start with Chris in a bad place, and he ends up in the DCU and ends up killing his other self and decides to just stay there. Then realizes everyone is there and basically has the same expereriences so he just stays there. They probably won't even explain it as much as I just did.

Peacemaker is a goofy show. There's no reason to not just wink that he's from the DCEU, have a reason for him to be in the DCU and then everyone moves on.

It doesn't have to be "messy" bringing a whole team over, it's just "them" but different.

TheVisionary25 - 7/14/2025, 9:51 AM

@SATW42 - get what you mean but audiences have made a connection with those versions of the characters so even if it’s then but different , it’s still not really the ones people have attached to.

Also the news site Chris was on seemed very Fox News and given how Chris can be with believing things he reads online , I wouldn’t be surprised if he does get invited to a show of that kind.

SATW42 - 7/14/2025, 9:56 AM

@TheVisionary25 - it really doesn't have to be that serious. These are comicbooks movies afterall. I really don't care if they answer the continuity with a throw away, and gunn has made it clear he's not worried about fans on message boards opinions either.

SATW42 - 7/14/2025, 9:57 AM

and fans on message boards are absolutely who would complain about it

dagenspear - 7/14/2025, 7:52 AM

I do think this is a bit needlessly done. Why not just make the new DCU a post Flashpoint timeline or something, if you're gonna do this? End of the movie can be Barry realizing even he looks different, maybe.

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Jackraow21 - 7/14/2025, 9:12 AM

So... Peacemaker is the Deadpool of the DC Multiverse? I can dig it.

lazlodaytona - 7/14/2025, 10:22 AM

I know it'd be DC copying what MARVEL did with 'No Way Home,' but it'd be awesome to bring together all of the big-screen Superman's for a multiverse film while they're all alive.

Routh's, Cavill's, and Corensweat's SUPERMAN in one movie would be AWESOME and could help give some closure for people on their favorites.

Laridian - 7/14/2025, 10:35 AM

@lazlodaytona - DC and MARVEL have been 'copying' each other for nearly 80 years now, to the point where it can't even be brought up anymore. Everything is a copy of everything else at this point.

lazlodaytona - 7/14/2025, 10:39 AM

@Laridian - cynical, but absolutely true

Order66 - 7/14/2025, 10:42 AM

This is how Peacemaker enters the DCU.

DCEU Peacemaker kills the DCU Peacemaker and takes his place. The events of Suicide Squad and Peacemaker season 1 happened in the DCU almost identical to the DCEU, except with minor changes since it is another reality. So Creature Commandos was referencing DCUs version of the events of Suicide Squad and Peacemaker season 1, not the DCEU events we watched.

Multiverse story and Peacemaker taking over his DCU counterparts life after killing him is the only way to integrate the crossover smoothly.

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PEACEMAKER Season 2 Leaked Teaser Confirms Multiverse Story - Are We Getting A DCEU/DCU Crossover?

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