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Well, James Gunn says you'd better (conveniently) tune in to Peacemaker season 2 Peacemaker Season 2 - Everything you need to know about John Cena's bizarre and brutal DC anti-hero Superhero Shows James Gunn says Peacemaker season 2 is about two dimensions, but it's not as simple as the DCEU colliding with the DCU: "That’s dealt with in a different way, very upfront" DC TV Shows James Gunn says Peacemaker season 2's alternate dimension is "not a multiverse" and will be used "much differently" to other superhero properties Entertainment Action Shows DC TV Shows Peacemaker season 2 reminds us that the DCU is a very different place to the MCU by breaking one of Kevin Feige's hard and fast rules in episode 1 Will Salmon 22 August 2025 The DC show is a lot freer with its depictions of sex and drugs When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: HBO) The first episode of Peacemaker season 2 is streaming now, and John Cena's Chris Smith is already breaking the rules – at least those of a different superhero universe... The first episode of the new season (find out more about the new run in our Peacemaker season 2 review), titled 'The Ties That Grind,' catches up with Peacemaker six months after the events of season one. Even though the 11th Street Kids saved the world – probably – from the Butterflies, life has only gotten harder for the gang. Peacemaker, in particular, seems to be very depressed and so he decides to drown his sorrows by throwing a party, fuelled by sex, booze, and drugs. The latter involves snorting a mountain of cocaine – a drug that was specifically forbidden from appearing on screen in the MCU by Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige. Shortly before the 2024 release of Deadpool and Wolverine, director Shawn Levy revealed that one of the hard and fast rules that Feige insisted on was that the film cut out the coke (which had featured prominently in the first two Deadpool films). You may like New Peacemaker season 2 trailer, which you can only see at the theater, appears to address the jump from the DCEU to James Gunn's DCU: "There's another dimension" Peacemaker season 2 review: "Darker and sadder than the first year, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with the 11th Street Kids." Is Peacemaker season 2 in the DCU and is season 1 canon? Let's break down the HBO Max show's confusing place in James Gunn's DC universe "The only rule we were given by Feige is no cocaine… which is absolutely a fact," Levy told the Happy Sad Confused podcast last year. "Early on, Kevin was like, 'Look, we want a fully "Deadpool" Deadpool movie. The only thing maybe is, maybe we don't do all the drug use, the cocaine use with Al and Wade. And we were like 'Yes sir, yep, copy that,' and we went home and literally wrote the joke about Feige requesting no cocaine, and it became one of the first jokes that we wrote." Of course, Peacemaker takes place in the DC universe – entirely different to Marvel, with seemingly looser restrictions on what appears on screen: including plenty of swearing and nudity if this first episode is anything to go by. (Oh – and for the avoidance of doubt – cocaine is illegal in our real world, too.) Peacemaker season 2 is streaming now on HBO Max in the US and on NOW in the UK, with new episodes airing Fridays at 9pm on Sky Max and Sky Showcase. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with all the upcoming DC movies and shows heading your way. 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