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FIRST TRAILER FOR THE SUICIDE SQUAD, FEATURING JOHN CENA, TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW

Director James Gunn announced the first trailer for the forthcoming film The Suicide Squad, featuring John Cena as Peacemaker, will be released tomorrow.

Cena's portrayal of Peacemaker will be the first ever live action incarnation of the character, a soldier and super-hero who loves peace so much he is willing to kill for it.  The character was originally created by Charlton Comics but acquired by DC in the mid-80s.   

In September 2020, HBO Max ordered an eight-episode first season for the series as a spinoff for the forthcoming Suicide Squad film starring Cena with James Gunn, the writer and director of Squad and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy returning to write and direct the series.  The series will explore Peacemaker's background before the Suicide Squad film. 

In promotional material for the film, Cena has described this take on Peacemaker as a "douchey Captain America."

The Suicide Squad film is slated for a August 6, 2021 release and is the second Squad film, based on the DC Comics series with the premise of the United States government forcing incarcerated super-villains to go on suicide missions under threat of death.   

Cena last appeared for WWE, as a competitor, at Wrestlemania 36, facing Bray Wyatt in the Firefly Funhouse Match, a bout where Cena literally disappeared from WWE storylines.  He most recently popped up as part of WWE's announcement of three future Wrestlemania events through 2023 but has cautioned that due to the current pandemic he could not appear at Wrestlemania 37 due to quarantine requirements that would force the shut down of the series' production.  Peacemaker is slated to film through July.

In advance of the series and film, the Peacemaker character will be positioned stronger in DC Comics' Suicide Squad comic series.

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