PEACEMAKER Spoiler Stills Reveal First Official Look At DCEU Character Return

PEACEMAKER Spoiler Stills Reveal First Official Look At DCEU Character Return

James Gunn has shared some new spoiler stills for this week's episode of Peacemaker season 2, and they reveal a first official look at a certain DCEU character return...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 07, 2025 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

Peacemaker season 2, episode 3 is now streaming on HBO Max, and - as you may have guessed from the title - "Another Rick Up My Sleeve" features the DCU debut of a character we haven't seen since The Suicide Squad.

Major spoilers ahead.

As expected, the unnamed "jarhead" Chris' brother Keith referred to in the season premiere was indeed Rick Flag Jr. (Joel Kinnaman)... or at least, a far less confident and capable "variant" of the character. We also learned that Emilia Harcourt was sleeping with Flag prior to him leaving on his fateful mission to Corto Maltese.

“Joel and I are good friends, so I asked him to do me a favor, but I also wanted to give him an opportunity to do something that’s purely comedic, because he’s a really funny guy,” Gunn told TV Insider in a recent interview. “He’s never been in a comedy his entire life, so being able to show him doing this sort of namby-pamby version of Rick Flag Jr. … every time I watch those scenes, I laugh out loud.”

We're not sure if Kinnaman will return for another episode this season, but we'd be very surprised if Flag Jr. doesn't play a part in the inevitable confrontation between Peacemaker and Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo). Gunn has now taken to social media to share the first official promo stills of Kinnaman as Rick Flag Jr.

Critics were only provided with the first five episodes for review purposes, and Gunn recently explained why.

"I am the one who's keeping the three episodes away from everybody because there are too many surprises in those last three episodes," he revealed. "Especially 6 and 8, they are just crazy, my favourite things I've ever done of anything." 

Will David Corenswet's Superman make a cameo? That's the prevailing theory, but there's a chance Gunn will take the opportunity to reintroduce some characters from The Suicide Squad.

"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.

In season 2, Peacemaker 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.”

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OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 9/7/2025, 3:52 PM
Yay ! Long live the DCEU 2.0 !
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Laridian
Laridian - 9/7/2025, 7:15 PM
@OrgasmicPotatoe - Oh wait, I get it's sarcasm, right? So clever. I can't believe you thought of that all by yourself. You're so smart, guy. You're a smart guy.
Mongrol
Mongrol - 9/7/2025, 3:55 PM


GunnVerse Forever

McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/7/2025, 3:56 PM
Really hope Supergirl and Lanterns are tone setters.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 9/7/2025, 5:09 PM
@McMurdo - only lanterns has any real potential to be so
ClungeOfSteel
ClungeOfSteel - 9/7/2025, 5:44 PM
@McMurdo - lanterns /Batman will be make or break with this universe for me

I got 0 hope for supergirl 😮‍💨

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DenvertheDino
DenvertheDino - 9/7/2025, 7:02 PM
@ClungeOfSteel - Yup. She's horrible.
Laridian
Laridian - 9/7/2025, 7:10 PM
@DenvertheDino - 'SUPERGIRL' is gonna make a billion dollars, easy.
Justaguy1949
Justaguy1949 - 9/7/2025, 4:17 PM
Wouldn’t the first official look be when the episode aired three nights ago? Misleading title.
Laridian
Laridian - 9/7/2025, 7:11 PM
@Justaguy1949 - People complain about the dumbest shit here.
LenSpiderman
LenSpiderman - 9/7/2025, 4:33 PM
This site is really making a meal out of this cameo. Lord help us if the show has any cameos of characters audiences are actually hoping to see.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/7/2025, 4:33 PM
this show is never gonna beat man of steel at the box office.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 9/7/2025, 4:49 PM
@harryba11zack - Don't forget to adjust for inflammation!
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/7/2025, 4:57 PM
I wonder if the Rick Flagg Jr in this Earth is somewhat clumsy because maybe he never saw any action in the Army or something…

If this Earth has been taken over by Nazis and such given the lack of POC in it then perhaps there’s no real active military since there’s no wars because it’s all under one rule.

This could be me likely reading into it but it was a thought that had crossed my mind tbh!!.

P.S: it is weird to see Harcourt (or a version of her) smiling so much considering how emotionally guarded ours is.
FlixMentallo21
FlixMentallo21 - 9/7/2025, 5:02 PM
OT, but still DC-related--typically, I don't like Teen Titans Go!, but if true, then this is a very dickish move:
https://www.cbr.com/teen-titans-go-star-greg-cipes-fired/
Laridian
Laridian - 9/7/2025, 7:13 PM
@FlixMentallo21 - I'm sure there's more to it.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 9/7/2025, 5:03 PM
Rick Flagg Jr. fans we are so [frick]ing back!
Forthas
Forthas - 9/7/2025, 5:35 PM
"Joel and I are good friends.."

Yeah James...that is part of the problem.
epc1122
epc1122 - 9/7/2025, 7:23 PM
@Forthas - it’s not a problem
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 9/7/2025, 5:48 PM
They should have gotten a Joel Kinnaman type to play Rick Flag Jr.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/7/2025, 6:04 PM
@MyCoolYoung - and a Frank Grillo type to play his dad…

I feel like it could work.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 9/7/2025, 6:16 PM
I want The Question, Plastic Man, and the Creeper. I want Gunn to go full Gunn … obscure, goofy, fun, bombastic!!!

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RolandD
RolandD - 9/7/2025, 6:24 PM
@ElJefe - I could go for that, especially the Question done in the style of his 80s series by O’Neil and Cowyn.
Laridian
Laridian - 9/7/2025, 7:09 PM
@ElJefe - I'd love to see The Question in the DCU, but it's gonna be hard to beat the DCAU version.

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