Overview

• The eight-episode season streams Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET from August 21 through an October 9 finale on HBO Max, with UK debuts on Sky Max and NOW starting August 22.
• James Gunn says he wrote all eight installments and directed three, including the premiere.
• The storyline connects directly to the new DCU, with Frank Grillo joining as Rick Flag Sr. and confirmed appearances by Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn), and Perry White (Wendell Pierce).
• A red-band trailer underscores the adult tone and shows Peacemaker in a bisexual orgy, reaffirming the character’s sexual openness.
• Gunn clarifies the season uses a single alternate dimension—not a multiverse—deployed as a character-driven device for Peacemaker’s personal journey.