Some more familiar DCU faces will make their “Peacemaker” debuts in Season 2 as well; Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner / Green Lanter), Isabela Merced (Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl), Sean Gunn (Maxwell Lord), and Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr.) reprise their roles from “Superman.”

Is Peacemaker season 2 in the DCU? Despite canon being one of the more complicated topics in James Gunn's rebooted DC universe and Peacemaker season 1 technically being part of the DCEU, the answer is (slightly) more straightforward than you might have expected.

New episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 will stream on HBO Max at 9pm ET every Thursday. The season will include eight episodes total. Assuming no breaks, here’s what to expect from the full release schedule:

As 'Peacemaker' returns to HBO Max for Season 2, one of the '11th Street Kids' is worried about attracting the wrong audience.

From merciless blowhard to damaged but well-meaning himbo, John Cena’s Christopher Smith, aka Peacemaker, took a heck of a journey in the first season of his HBO Max show. First introduced in James Gunn’s 2021 movie “The Suicide Squad,” Peacemaker spun off into his own series, also helmed by Gunn, in January 2022.

HBO Max is releasing the start of the second season of Peacemaker on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. Here's everything you need to know to watch.

However, the first season ends with Adebayo ( Danielle Brooks) revealing the corrupted system led by her own mother, ARGUS head Amanda Waller ( Viola Davis ). That is where Season 2 picks up, and although the "Previously On" recap reveals a few changes to fit the DCU canon,

Frank Grillo revealed what 'surprised' him about working with John Cena in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. The pair star together in 'Peacemaker,' which premieres its second season on HBO Max on Aug.