James Gunn’s wild antihero saga is back— Peacemaker season 2 has officially premiered, and it wastes no time by offering fans a tongue-in-cheek recap of the chaotic first season before diving headfirst into the new era of the DCU. The long-awaited return debuted on August 22, 2025 , and it’s already sparking buzz thanks to its bold humor, continuity nods, and a reworked opening sequence that fixes one of season 1’s quirks .

Season 1 ended with Peacemaker surviving Project Butterfly, a surprise Justice League cameo , and a team fractured yet bonded by trauma. Now, Gunn uses the premiere to both remind fans where things left off and reposition the series inside his revamped DC Universe. As The Ringer notes, it feels like a tonal bridge between Gunn’s early irreverent work and

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