Peacemaker: James Gunn Announces Who Wrapped Filming Season 2

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James Gunn announced that Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Robert Patrick, Frank Grillo, and more have wrapped filming Peacemaker Season 2.

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:02:07 -0600

by Ray Flook

If you didn’t get to check it out when it dropped earlier this week, a “Coming in 2025” trailer from Max (waiting for you above) offered us our best look yet at the second season of DC Studios co-CEO and writer/director James Gunn‘s John Cena-starring Peacemaker. Now, Gunn is dropping a big update on filming, announcing that Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Robert Patrick, Frank Grillo, David Denman, Anissa Matlock, Taylor St. Clair, and Dorian Kingi have wrapped filming. “What a wonderful group of people. I can’t wait for everyone to see what they bring to the table,” Gunn added in his social media post, which also included a very cool Peacemaker helmet.

Image: Threads Screencap; DC Studios

Here’s a look at Gunn sharing his Threads post on Instagram Stories, signaling that a whole lot of familiar faces had wrapped filming on the second season:

Joining the cast for the season is Frank Grillo as Rick Flag, Sr. (from Creature Commandos), Sol Rodriguez (Star Trek: Picard) as Sasha Bordeaux, Tim Meadows (Mean Girls, Saturday Night Live) as ARGUS Agent Langston Fleury, and David Denman (Bosch: Legacy) in an undisclosed role. Behind the camera, Gunn also confirmed that Greg Mottola (Superbad) and Peter Sollett (Ordinary Joe) had been tapped to direct a few of the season’s episodes. Now, here’s a look back at the opening credits for the first season as we imagine what the opener for Season 2 will be like:

Steve Agee (Super, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Brightburn) rejoined Gunn and Cena for Peacemaker, reprising his film role of John Economos, a warden of Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary and an aide to Viola Davis‘ Amanda Waller. Danielle Brooks (Orange Is The New Black) joined the series as Leota Adebayo, with Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) in the role of Auggie Smith. Jennifer Holland (Brightburn) reprised her film role of Emilia Harcourt, and Freddie Stroma (Bridgerton) took on the role of Adrian Chase, aka Vigilante. In addition, Chukwudi Iwuji (When They See Us) as Clemson Murn, Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) as Larry Fitzgibbon, Annie Chang (Shades of Blue) as Detective Sophie Song, Christopher Heyerdahl (Togo) as Captain Locke, Nhut Le (Kroll Show) as Judomaster, and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (The Walking Dead) and Rizwan Manji (Perfect Harmony) as recurring characters of Keeya and Jamil. Alison Araya (Riverdale) & Lenny Jacobson (Narcos: Mexico) were tapped for the roles of the married couple Amber and Evan, respectively.

Gunn, Brad Anderson (Session 9), Rosemary Rodriguez (The Walking Dead), and Jody Hill (The Righteous Gemstones) directed the eight-episode series. Gunn and Peter Safran served as executive producers, with Cena as co-executive producer. Peacemaker was produced by Gunn’s Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros TV. The series explores the origins of Cena’s The Suicide Squad character, a man who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.