HBO Max dropped the fiercely prepared for complete trailer for S2 of Peacemaker— James Gunn’s Emmy-nominated series spun off from his 2021 movie, The Suicide Squad— at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.

(Spoilers for S1 listed below.)

As formerly reported, the eight-episode very first season was set 5 months after the occasions of The Suicide Squad. Having actually made it through a near-fatal shooting, Peacemaker– aka Christopher Smith– is hired by the United States federal government for a brand-new objective: the strange Project Butterfly, led by a mercenary called Clemson Murn (Chukwudi Iwuji). The group likewise consists of A.R.G.U.S. representative John Economos (Steve Agee) of the Belle Reve Penitentiary, National Security Agency representative and previous Waller assistant Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), and brand-new employee Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).

Task Butterfly ended up being an objective to conserve Earth from an alien types of parasitic butterfly-like animals who took control of bodies. The misfit members of the job ultimately was successful in beating the butterflies in a face-off at a cattle ranch, and even made it through the carnage in spite of some extreme injuries.

Cena, Brooks, Holland, Agee, and Stroma are all back for S2, together with Nhut Lee as Judomaster and Eagly, naturally. Robert Patrick is likewise noted in the S2 cast, repeating his function as Chris’ daddy, Auggie. New cast members consist of Frank Grillo as Rick Flagg Sr. (Grillo voiced the function in the animated Animal Commandosnow head of A.R.G.U.S. and out to avenge his child’s death; Tim Meadows as A.R.G.U.S. representative Langston Fleury; Sol Rodriguez as Sasha Bordeaux; and Michael Rooker as Red St. Wild, referred to as Eagly’s “nemesis.”

The occasions of S1 played out within the old DCEU, while S2 happens in the brand-new DCU, however Gunn has stated that those earlier occasions are nevertheless thought about “canon,” apart from the cameos by DCEU Justice League members. S2 becomes part of Gunn’s “Gods and Monsters” slate; Cena’s Peacemaker even made a quick cameo in SupermanThis time around, Chris will be having a hard time “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,” per the main summary.