Peacemaker Season 2 Adds Frank Grillo, Reprising His Creature Commando Role
James Gunn previously confirmed some DCU actors would play characters in both animation and live-action.
The cast of the Max original series Peacemaker grows by one, as actor Frank Grillo is joining the show's second season.
Announced by Peacemaker creator and DC Studios co-chairman and co-CEO James Gunn on the social media network Threads, Gunn revealed that Grillo will reprise his role as Rick Flag Sr. in the show's second season.
"Pleased to announce the great @frankgrillo1 will be reprising the role of Rick Flag, Sr – the role he'll first play in animated form in 'Creature Commandos' – throughout Season 2 of 'Peacemaker," Gunn wrote. "Christopher Smith and Rick Sr have a little unfinished business to take care of…"
Gunn previously said that some DCU actors would play their characters in both animated and live-action, and today's news is an example of that. WB Discovery announced last year that Grillo, David Harbour, and Sean Gunn were cast in the upcoming animated series Creature Commandos.
Spoiler Warning: The paragraph below features spoilers for The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker Season 1.
Grillo's casting for Peacemaker Season 2 is an interesting one, as those who have seen the 2021 film The Suicide Squad know that towards the end of the film, Peacemaker killed Rick Flag Jr. Though Peacemaker was under orders from Amanda Waller to kill Flag, seemingly showing no remorse, it is quite clear the decision had affected Peacemaker, as one episode in his spinoff show revealed him struggling with the murder.
The first season of Peacemaker premiered in 2022 and quickly became a breakout hit on Max. A day before the first season finale premiered, it was revealed the show would return for a second season, with Gunn set to write and direct every episode. Though no release window has been provided for Peacemaker season 2, Gunn has previously said that work on the next season will commence after Superman Legacy is complete.
In our review of the first season of Peacemaker, IGN wrote: "HBO Max's Peacemaker is the stunning crystallization of James Gunn's examination of flawed heroes and the power of friendship."
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
