PEACEMAKER Season 2 Stills Highlight The Returning Cast And Rick Flag Sr.; Michael Rooker Spotted In Trailer

PEACEMAKER Season 2 Stills Highlight The Returning Cast And Rick Flag Sr.; Michael Rooker Spotted In Trailer

The first stills from Peacemaker season 2 have been released, highlighting new and returning characters. However, a bigger talking point is Michael Rooker's presence in today's action-packed trailer.

By JoshWilding - May 09, 2025 04:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

DC Studios released the first trailer for Peacemaker season 2 earlier today (watch it here if you missed it). While the presence of Maxwell Lord, Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl is a huge talking point, the preview featuring not one, but two Peacemakers is another. 

We can safely say that there's a Multiversal component at play. However, we'd imagine this has something to do with the pocket dimension we first visited in season 1, rather than being a convoluted way of explaining how Christopher Smith ends up in the DCU. 

Still, we can't discount that, and fans have spotted The Suicide Squad star Michael Rooker in the sneak peek. Is the Guardians of the Galaxy star reprising his role as Savant—the cowardly villain who had his head blown off by Amanda Waller in the 2021 movie—or playing someone else entirely? 

We'd guess it's the latter as Rooker is seemingly playing the villain first teased by James Gunn when Peacemaker season 2 was shooting last year.

Max has also released some new stills from the series, highlighting a lot of familiar faces along with the characters played by Tim Meadows, Sol Rodriguez, and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow. 

Peacemaker returns for its eight-episode second season on Thursday, August 21, on Max. Season 2 follows Christopher "Chris" 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.

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

John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick return for season 2. New cast members include Frank Grillo, David Denman, Sol Rodriguez, and Tim Meadows.

Check out these new stills from Peacemaker season 2 below. 

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SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 5/9/2025, 4:48 PM
😬
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/9/2025, 4:59 PM
Interesting , I had paused it during that moment and thought he looked like Michael Rooker but wasn’t sure…

Anyway , bit problematic if he is indeed playing a Native American character going by the look though it’s not like this show has been the most “PC” ( he could even be someone that’s appropriate that culture) but we’ll see.

He could be playing a new character or given that there does seem
To be some multiversal element to this season , he could be playing a version of Savant that has magic…

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Anyway , the season seems good so looking forward to it!!.
sully
sully - 5/9/2025, 5:01 PM
Of course it wouldn't be a James Gunn production without all his bffs in it.
MrKayDeeBee
MrKayDeeBee - 5/9/2025, 5:21 PM
@sully - Why does everyone have a problem with James Gunn having either his friends or family in his movies? There's literally several directors (Judd Apatow, Kevin Smith, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, The Coen Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson. Davis Lynch & Martin Scorsese) who do the same...but don't get the same backlash.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 5/9/2025, 5:28 PM
@MrKayDeeBee - You’re right. They should ALL get the same backlash.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 5/9/2025, 5:43 PM
@MrKayDeeBee - Kev Smith built an entire career off of friends and family casting, and enjoys a nice little niche fanbase because of it.
LoudLon
LoudLon - 5/9/2025, 6:51 PM
@MrKayDeeBee - Rob Zombie gets the same backlash for always casting his wife and friends. Me, I think it takes a special kind of nitwit to gripe about some guy casting his wife and best friends in his movies. Who wouldn't want a job where you get to work every day with a group of people you know intimately well, who you can trust, who you have fun with, and who you can rely on to help you bring your vision to life?

I would kill for a job like that.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/9/2025, 7:08 PM
@MrKayDeeBee - I wouldn't get too hung up on it honestly. Just another Gunn hater. Don't expect consistency from anyone on this site.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 5/9/2025, 5:03 PM
Rooker looks a little like Savant
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 5/9/2025, 5:19 PM
Manitou Raven to a non native american, this will go well
narrow290
narrow290 - 5/9/2025, 7:11 PM
Yeah, let’s all forget all the amazing movies he’s made and focus on the fact he puts his brother and wife in his shows and movies. 1st off they’re both amazing. Y’all cry about the dumbest shit. Quit hatin and enjoy the ride
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/9/2025, 7:24 PM
It's starting to look like Creature Commandos took place in the DCU but this S2 might be about them ending up through that quantum closet in the new universe (DCU) because it's the only reasonable way to explain so far why this Rick Flag Sr. is walking around after being put in a coma and left paralyzed from the waist down at the end of the animated show.

We just would have to also ignore that the Hawkgirl and Guy we saw at the teaser's beginnning just happen to look a lot alike to the ones we'll meet in Superman a month earlier. And that the same things that happened in S1 were just like in the DCU...ah it's actually starting to hurt a bit in the head when you give it much thought.

And yeah hopefully Rooker is not playing a native american character because holy shiet that'd be problematic.

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