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Peacemaker Season 2 Sees Adebayo, Harcourt & Economos Returning: Gunn

Peacemaker series creator James Gunn confirmed that Adebayo, Harcourt, and Economos would be returning for the Max series' second season.

When it comes to the second season of Max's John Cena-starring Peacemaker, there are two huge topics of conversation lately. First, how series creator James Gunn is doing writing-wise with the scripts – with Gunn confirming that he recently finished the season's eighth & final episode. Second, how Gunn plans on making the first season work in line with the New DCU since it hit screens before Gunn & Peter Safran took over as co-CEOs of DC Studios – with Gunn making it clear that he's found a way to make it work. But no one has been asking about the cast & the cast of characters – almost as if we're just assuming that they're all available to return. That's why we're glad Gunn made some names official in a recent Threads response – even if they're not surprising.

When asked if Danielle Brooks' Leota Adebayo, Jennifer Holland's Emilia Harcourt, and Steve Agee's John Economos, Gunn confirmed that all three would be back. While Harcourt's & Economos' confirmations weren't that surprising (though still awesome) since we know the pair will be appearing in other New DCU projects (like Creature Commandos), it was nice to know that Adebayo is a definite for Season 2. The trio join the already-confirmed Cena and Freddie Stroma (Vigilante) – now here's a look at a screencap of Gunn's response:

While we more than understand all of the reasons why the second season will need new opening credits, the following start to the first season will always hold a special place in our hearts for being the reason why we don't skip intros anymore:

Steve Agee (Super, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Brightburn) rejoined Gunn and Cena, 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 explored 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.

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