Peacemaker: We Speak to James Gunn and John Cena!

Peacemaker, James Gunn’s upcoming spin-off series to The Suicide Squad, tells the story of a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.

We got the chance to speak to series creator, writer, and director James Gunn, as well as Peacemaker himself, John Cena, about making a show about loveable assholes and why that appealed to the both of them.

Peacemaker will explore the origins of the character that John Cena first portrayed in James Gunn’s 2021 film, The Suicide Squad – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
 
The series stars John Cena as Peacemaker, Danielle Brooks as Adebayo, Freddie Stroma as Vigilante, Jennifer Holland as Harcourt, Steve Agee as Economos, Chukwudi Iwuji as Murn, and Robert Patrick as Auggie Smith.
 
Gunn wrote all eight episodes of Peacemaker and directed five, including the first. James Gunn, Peter Safran and Matt Miller serve as executive producers on the series, with John Cena as co-executive producer. Based on characters from DC, Peacemaker is produced by Gunn’s Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Peacemaker comes to HBO GO and HBO Max January 13th, with a three episode premiere, and subsequent episodes releasing weekly.

Check out our podcast review of Peacemaker on The Goggler Podcast here.

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