Although the DC Extended Universe is over and the DC Universe will launch quickly with its Chapter One: Gods and Monsters slate, there are a couple of holdovers from the outdated continuity. Peacemaker Season 2 stays on the record of upcoming DC TV exhibits, although it should now happen on this new universe, and collection creator James Gunn introduced in April that the brand new season had begun filming. Now Gunn has shared that Frank Grillo, who performed Brock Rumlow/Crossbones within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is coming aboard, and followers can depend of dangerous blood between his character and John Cena’s Christopher Smith.
You might recall that though Superman: Legacy would be the first DC Universe film, this franchise kicks off later this yr with the animated collection Creature Commandos, which, like Peacemaker, can be out there completely to Max subscribers. Grillo is voicing Rick Flag Sr., chief of the title staff of monsters, and now he’ll get to play the character in live-action too. Thanks to the beneath publish from James Gunn on Instagram and different social media channels, the most recent factor we learn about Peacemaker Season 2 is that Grillo will reprise Rick Flag Sr., with the author/director teasing there’s “just a little unfinished enterprise to care for” between him and the present’s fundamental protagonist.
What is that this unfinished enterprise? Well, do not forget that John Cena’s Peacemaker was launched in 2021’s The Suicide Squad, the place he was a part of the principle Task Force X squad despatched to Corto Maltese. Eventually he and his teammates synched up with Joel Kinsman’s Rick Flag Jr., who, like Harley Quinn, was a survivor from the ill-fated B-team. When Flag Jr. leaned in regards to the U.S. authorities secretly funding the Starro mission that used Corto Maltese residents as take a look at topics, he grew offended and determined he would leak a tough drive containing the proof. Unfortunately, Peacemaker had been tasked by Amanda Waller to make sure this data wasn’t made public, leading to him killing Flag Jr.
So yeah, you possibly can perceive why the daddy of the person Peacemaker killed could be just a little pissed off. We’re a methods off from studying what results in Rick Flag Sr. and Christopher Smith crossing paths, but it surely’ll solely be a matter of time earlier than these two come to blows. Whether they’ll stay adversaries for the whole lot of Peacemaker Season 2 or should work collectively afterward to fight a better risk stays to be seen.
What’s attention-grabbing about all this, nevertheless, is that Amanda Waller, whom Viola Davis reprises within the DC Universe, is the one who assembles the Creature Commandos, that means she picked Rick Flag Sr. to guide the staff. I can’t think about he’d willingly be part of the Creature Commandos if he knew that she was the catalyst behind Peacemaker killing his son. So is Rick Flag Sr. not conscious of her involvement, or will he solely take his anger out on Christopher Smith as a result of he really dedicated the homicide?
In any case, Frank Grillo is the primary new forged member lined up for Peacemaker Season 2, and the opposite acquainted faces returning alongside John Cena embody Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland and Steve Agee. We’ll preserve you apprised of extra casting information and different updates on how the brand new season is coming as they arrive in.
