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Peacemaker Season 2 Sets Weekly Premiere on HBO Max Starting Aug. 21

James Gunn’s eight-episode follow-up blends intimate, character-driven drama and explicit bisexual storytelling with strategic crossovers into his rebooted DC Universe.

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John Cena's Peacemaker enjoys a party of sorts in the Peacemaker season two trailer. (HBO Max)
Peacemaker doing thumbs up.

Overview

  • The new season will debut on HBO Max on August 21 and release one episode every Thursday through the October 9 finale, foregoing a full-season binge drop.
  • Gunn wrote all eight episodes and directed multiple installments, including the premiere, underscoring his dual role as series showrunner and DC Studios co-CEO.
  • Trailers highlight Peacemaker’s bisexuality with an age-restricted orgy scene, marking a provocative, adult-oriented turn in the character’s personal journey.
  • Season 2 serves as a canonical bridge from Gunn’s Superman film, featuring confirmed cameos from Hawkgirl, Guy Gardner, Maxwell Lord and other DCU characters.
  • The plot revolves around a single alternate dimension—explicitly “not a multiverse,” according to Gunn—to drive Christopher Smith’s emotional growth and reckoning with his past.