Why You Need to Watch These DC Shows & Movies Before Season 2

Wondering which projects are essential to watch before Peacemaker Season 2? Created by James Gunn, the series is scheduled to release on August 21, 2025, on HBO Max. The story will feature a multiverse twist, as the titular character comes across another dimension where his variant has the life he always wanted. This discovery makes him reflect on both his past and future.

Here are the reasons why certain DC projects are important to watch before the show premieres.

Here’s why you should watch these projects before Peacemaker Season 2

The Suicide Squad (2021)

This action-comedy superhero movie follows a government agent who assembles a team of supervillains and promises them reduced sentences in exchange for completing a mission at the Nazi-era laboratory Jötunheim. This movie also introduced John Cena’s live-action Peacemaker. It is a necessary watch to keep up with the titular character’s story and his conflict with Rick Flag Jr.

Peacemaker Season 1

This is an obvious option to learn what happened in the predecessor, how it ended, and to understand certain references in Season 2. At the end of Season 1, Adebayo holds a press conference where she exposes Project Butterfly and Amanda Waller’s leadership. She also clears out Peacemaker and Vigilante’s names. This ending could likely impact the events of Season 2.

Season 2 will tie into the new DCU, with Gunn modifying certain elements and also keeping some parts of the old DCEU. It is also regarded as the “soft reboot” of the franchise.

Creature Commandos

Creature Commandos is set after the events of Season 1 of Peacemaker. It features Rick Flag Sr. leading a black ops team of monsters. As Rick is a key part of Season 2, it is essential to watch the series. In the latest season, he is running A.R.G.U.S.

Superman

Peacemaker made a cameo in Superman (2025). In it, he appeared on a TV show, criticizing the Man of Steel. He said, “Guys like this, they’ve always got a whole bunch of dark, ugly secrets. He thinks he’s better than everybody else.” Gunn previously told The Hollywood Reporter that the David Corenswet-led movie “leads directly into Peacemaker.”

“It should be noted that this is for adults, not for children, but Superman leads into this show and then we have the setting up of all of the rest of the DCU in this season of Peacemaker; it’s incredibly important,” he further added. Hence, it is an essential watch.