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NEW TRAILER RELEASED FOR 'THE SUICIDE SQUAD WITH JOHN CENA

A new trailer for the DC film The Suicide Squad was released today in advance of its August released theatrically and streaming on HBO Max:

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 being the United States government is forcing incarcerated super-villains to go on suicide missions under threat of death.   

John Cena will join the franchise in the film, playing Peacemaker, 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.    Cena is billed third in the cast, following Margot Robbie and Idris Elba.

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

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. 

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 was unable to appear at Wrestlemania 37 due to quarantine requirements that would force the shut down of the series' production.  Peacemaker is slated to film through the first week of July.  It was the first Mania since 2002 that Cena did not actively participate in.  

In advance of the series and film, the Peacemaker character will be positioned stronger in DC Comics' Suicide Squad comic series and will be getting an official Hallmark ornament for the holiday season:

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