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Writer and Director James Gunn announced that filming has wrapped on John Cena's first-ever TV series Peacemaker, which will hit HBO Max this December:
And that’s a wrap on Day 131 & Season One of #Peacemaker. Less than a year ago I pitched a vague pitch to @HBOMax - here we are 11 months later with 8 astounding episodes in the can. Cast & crew: I love you all. Thank you for putting your hearts & souls into this project.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 13, 2021
The Peacemaker series is a spinoff of the forthcoming film The Suicide Squad film. That 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's interation 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 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. 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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