Last month, we revealed that this character from the movie The Suicide Squad would be making his big comeback in season 2 of Peacemaker. And more recently, fans also learned that a character from the first season would also be returning in the long-awaited sequel to the HBO series, raising several questions about how he will appear given his status in the plot. We tell you everything.
The return of this antagonist in season 2 of Peacemaker
2024 will be a busy year for fans of the DC universe, as many very exciting projects are set to be released in the coming months. After the animated series Batman: Caped Crusaderthat fans were able to discover this summer, they will also be able to find the Penguin from The Batman in the series The Penguin, but the public will also be able to see again the now famous Arthur Fleck of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux, without forgetting another animated project, Creature Commandos, which is none other than the very first series of the DC Universe (DCU).
And precisely, speaking of the DCU, There is another series in the franchise that fans are eager to see again, namely season 2 of Peacemaker. Expected by many, the sequel to the HBO series will therefore see the return of the famous Christopher Smith played by John Cena, who was first discovered in 2021 in the film The Suicide Squad by James Gunn. The character was then given his own dedicated series launched in 2022.
So it's been over two years now that fans have been waiting for the return of Cena's crazy Peacemaker in season 2 of the eponymous series. And while the new season is currently being filmed, we recently learned that this character from the previous season would be returning in the second season. Indeed, as reported by Popverse, Robert Patrick will indeed be back in the role of Auggie Smith, the father of the protagonist, in the sequel to the HBO series. The interpreter of the White Dragon then declared this:
I was with John [Cena] on Friday. We're shooting season 2. I worked with James Gunn on Friday. James is incredible. He's one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life. He's got an incredible mind and he's a wonderful human being. I love him and his wife Jennifer Holland. We were shooting a big scene for Peacemaker season 2 on Friday, just before I came here.
Some might wonder how Patrick's character could be present in the sequel to Peacemaker given that he was killed by his son in season 1? In fact, this remains consistent with part of Peacemaker's history in the comics. As a reminder, Auggie has already reappeared in the finale of the first season in the form of a ghost, haunting Christopher by telling him that he was a horrible person. This form of “haunting” is one of the characteristics of the relationship between the protagonist and his father in the comics.
We can therefore assume that this dynamic will be taken up again in season 2 of Peacemaker, with Christopher continuing to be torn by the terrible legacy left by his supremacist father in the sequel series.
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