PEACEMAKER Season 2 Trailer Seemingly Confirms Popular DCU Theory - Possible SPOILERS

PEACEMAKER Season 2 Trailer Seemingly Confirms Popular DCU Theory - Possible SPOILERS

The first trailer for Peacemaker season 2 was released earlier today, and one moment right at the end may confirm a popular fan-theory relating to a major DCEU retcon...

By MarkCassidy - May 09, 2025 10:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

DC Studios/Max released the first full trailer for the second season of Peacemaker earlier today, and while cameos from members of Superman's "Justice Gang" arguably got the most attention, the very last shot may have confirmed a potentially game-changing fan-theory that's been doing the rounds since the show entered production.

Possible spoilers follow.

Right at the end of the trailer, we see John Cena's Christopher Smith (this dude really likes to walk around in his tighty whiteys) entering a room, and what appears to be a completely different "variant" of Peacemaker in an alternate costume point a gun to his double's head before asking "who the f*ck" he is.

James 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," he added. "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 be retconned, and we may now know how he plans to accomplish this.

A mural was spotted on the set of the series 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 his son somehow finding himself in a different part of the DC Multiverse could explain why two Peacemakers are shown in the trailer.

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 that will turn out to be the DCU. 

Have another look at the trailer below along with a new synopsis, and let us know what you think.

"The new season 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."

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TheLobster
TheLobster - 5/9/2025, 10:14 PM
Sure whatever - just make it simple and quick. I’m so tired of multiverse shit at this point.
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 5/9/2025, 10:28 PM
Just have the JL cameo be a hallucination or a dream. No need to come up with some overly complicated excuse or God forbid tie it to the multiverse. It’s time to move on from the DCEU for good…

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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/9/2025, 10:30 PM
@BruceWayng - Or a drug induced trip. It's easily explainable without the need for it to be Multiversal. Hell even them revealing Peacemaker to be addicted to shrooms to combat depression or something and the higher the dose the wackier the trip.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 5/9/2025, 10:36 PM
Um, the actual and simplest explanation is that S1 took place in the DCEU and S2 takes place in the DCU, where most of the stuff in S1 is the same except for the versions of the Justice League heroes we've seen.

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DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/9/2025, 10:38 PM

Multiverse???? Kill me now.

HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 5/9/2025, 11:19 PM
@DocSpock - Dawg, DC movies and TV have been a multiverse LONG before Marvel even dreamed of the possibility.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/10/2025, 1:09 AM
@HistoryofMatt -

My favorite version was the original Crisis in DC comics some 40ish years ago.

thereeljoefish
thereeljoefish - 5/9/2025, 11:19 PM
What screams multiverse about this you babies?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/9/2025, 11:52 PM
@thereeljoefish - you mean besides the variant of Peacemaker?
thereeljoefish
thereeljoefish - 5/10/2025, 11:11 AM
@McMurdo - could be time travel
LeoAtrox1
LeoAtrox1 - 5/9/2025, 11:22 PM
So, James Gunn's version of the multiverse is the doors from Monsters Inc.?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/10/2025, 1:54 AM
@LeoAtrox1 - lol, never noticed that before.

We did see these pocket universe doors in S1 aswell given that’s where Peacemaker’s dad “White Dragon’s” lair was.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 5/9/2025, 11:49 PM

Should have just been a nice clean start. Messy way to start everything off. I follow this stuff and I don’t know what half of this means.
gonzor
gonzor - 5/11/2025, 6:06 AM
@MrDandy - Agreed. Just overall messy. C'mon... Margot Robbie was in The Suicide Squad so what is canon is a mess if so...
Nolanite
Nolanite - 5/10/2025, 12:00 AM
I have much respect for John Cena but he is neither good at being an actor or a wrestler.

I know I know, but fight me.

He does know comedy though and for that I will give him some kudos. Can't wait for S2!

I've never seen S1 but I think I will in the next few days or while my cocaine come down hits me.

Nolanite out
Order66
Order66 - 5/10/2025, 12:06 AM
Ok so let me get this straight

Same events happen in both the DCEU and DCU except in the DCEU Peacemaker meets the JL and in the DCU he doesn’t.

Peacemaker season 2 meets Peacemaker season 1 in limbo/multiverse doorway to establish the 2 different timelines and then DCEU is done forever.

Got it.
Order66
Order66 - 5/10/2025, 12:09 AM
In a way you have to watch the suicide squad and peacemaker season 1 to establish the 2 different timelines since peacemaker season 2 meets peacemaker season 1 in multiverse limbo doorway. It’ll help with creature commandos too when they talk about events prior. So really if you’re going to introduce somebody completely new to the DCU you have to watch the suicide squad and peacemaker season 1 for context that way they’re not confused when they watch creature commandos and then peacemaker season 2 and then Superman.
WorkingMod
WorkingMod - 5/10/2025, 1:44 AM
Okay! Ok so let me get this straight
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 5/10/2025, 1:46 AM
Looks like garbage. As expected.
It looks like man-child "entertainment". Everything I expect from Gunn and John China.

Never saw the first and have no intension of changing that ever.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/10/2025, 2:06 AM
Honestly , I think Peacemaker & Co’s integration into the DCU will be simpler then has been advertised…

I wouldn’t be surprised if they just act like the show has always been set in the DCU and that last season happened the same way we saw it unfold (besides the DCEU mentions and JL cameo) because it’s just more straightforward then having the entire team crossover into other universes & stay knowingly.

However since there does seem to be a multiversal component to this season given the other Peacemaker , I can see him being used as a way to to further our Chris’s arc this season rather then having other universal implications.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/10/2025, 2:45 AM
@TheVisionary25 - I'm still sticking to my theory that aside from Peacemaker himself, no one actually knows about the universe change. The multiverse aspect is probably explaining how he's the only one that jumped
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/10/2025, 2:12 AM
The storyline will have to present a good enough reason of why all of them must leave their DCEU-verse home behind to enter the DCU if that theory ends up being proven right.

And it also asks us the audience to suspend our belief with the fact that the versions of Guy Gardner and Hawkgirl we see at the beginning, acting unprofessionally in Peacemaker's job interview, just happen to be small and forgettable DCEU versions that happen by mere coincidence look a lot to their DCU iterations we'll see in Superman.

As well as assuming that the Waller TV series where Waller finds herself in jail because of her daughter outing her in S1 is also very conveniently the same as it happened in the DCEU, but now will happen in the DCU they're about to enter.

Same thing goes with the Flag Sr. we already would have seen in Superman first, again, not being the same one that they will potentially meet in the DCU because he's supposed to be in a coma and paralyzed from the waist down.

So there are some thorns sticking out even with this apparent solution that could be too hard to shrug off even then.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/10/2025, 5:35 AM
@NinnesMBC - we don’t know how long it’s been since Creature Commandos so Flag Sr might have gotten better since I don’t think he was ever paralyzed
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/10/2025, 12:00 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Pretty sure it was stated by both Waller and Economos when they went to check up on him at the hospital that those were the injuries he sustained after Clayface mopped the floor with him. And while it is true we are dealing with comic book lore and a fully fleshed from the get-go DCU, there is only one person in the DC universe that can recover from a broken back, Batman. Either by cheer willpower and "prep time" and maybe a good ol' dose of Lazarus Pit. So it's gonna continue to stick on my mind how he recovered and now is also head of ARGUS, unless I forgot he already was in Creature Commandos.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/10/2025, 2:49 AM
Wouldn't be surprised if we get the ending of S1 with Hawkgirl and Green Lantern instead.

Also, what theory is seemingly confirmed? I can't really tell anything from this trailer, except that Harcourt suffers from toxic masculinity. That's pretty funny imo.

And using "director of Superman" either means they have faith in that movie, or they really wanna drive home the fact this is connected to that.
DannyBrandy20
DannyBrandy20 - 5/10/2025, 7:00 AM
Basically Marvel Netflix
Mixedsuperman
Mixedsuperman - 5/10/2025, 8:55 AM
Oooorrrrrrrr…. They feel slighted that they saved the world and are still disrespected by everyone, so they find these pocket dimensions and decide they’ll have a better shot in another dimension?
MisterBones
MisterBones - 5/10/2025, 12:18 PM
They really should’ve done a clean reboot. Excited for the DCU but still. But Gunn had to save his stuff.
movieguy18
movieguy18 - 5/10/2025, 7:06 PM
I’m not a comic book guy but I find it extremely ironic how in the comics, everyone dies and comes back but when it comes to movies/tv it’s considered blasphemy haha
gonzor
gonzor - 5/11/2025, 6:03 AM
The whole issue with continuity is that Peacemaker is derived from The Suicide Squad. So that makes The Suicide Squad canon. And Suicide Squad canon. And Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn... and...

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