Peacemaker’s team has avoided a complete apocalypse, killed the cow, and yelled at a few superheroes on their way out. And the good news is that Peacemaker will get a chance to yell expletives again, having officially been renewed for a season 2.
James Gunn called Peacemaker “one of the true highlights of my life, both professionally and otherwise.” But that’s not the only statement he’s made on season 2. Gunn has spoken very highly of the TV-making process, and never hidden his optimism — and plans — for continuing the Peacemaker story with John Cena in the titular role.
“Being a TV show, you really do have more time to delve much deeper into these characters and much more deeply into the drama and comedy of them,” Gunn told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year. “So it has a lot of similarities [to The Suicide Squad], but it’s even more grounded, more natural and more real. It’s still within a big science-fiction storyline that lasts for one season. The main storyline lasts for that season, so that doesn’t mean there’s only one season of Peacemaker.”
We at least know that Leota (Danielle Brooks) and Chris are officially “BFFs” (sorry, Vigilante). Chris is feeding Goff the butterfly and seeing his dead dad (more on that later). Judomaster (Nhut Lee) lives to fight another day, albeit heartbroken over the loss of his butterfly allies. Murn (Chukwudi Iwuji) is gone — as both a butterfly and a human, seemingly — so it seems the team will be on their own to figure out the next antagonist.
Harcourt is recuperating after nearly dying in her battle against the butterflies, and sharing a tender moment with Chris at her hospital bedside. Jennifer Holland tells Polygon she wasn’t completely sure how Harcourt would feel in
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