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QuoteEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Steve Agee, who stars in James Gunn's upcoming The Suicide Squad movie, is making the jump to the pic's HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker starring John Cena.

I hear that Agee will reprise one of two of his Suicide Squad roles, that of John Economos. The character is a warden of Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary and an aide to Viola Davis' government character Amanda Waller. Agee is a longtime thespian in Gunn's canon, having starred in the filmmaker's Super, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and his horror feature production Brightburn directed by David Yarovesky. Agee is also playing King Shark in Suicide Squad.

Gunn is writing the eight-episode Peacemaker series and directing a number of the episodes. More characters from Gunn's Suicide Squad could possibly make the jump to the series. The series explores the origins of Cena's Peacemaker character, a guy who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. The Peacemaker was created by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette and first appeared in the Fightin' 5 series originally owned by Charlton Comics. The first incarnation of Peacemaker was Christopher Smith, a pacifist diplomat and son of a Nazi death camp commandant who founded the Pax Institute who fights dictators and warlords.

Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran are serving as EPs of Peacemaker, with Cena as Co-EP. Peacemaker will be produced by Gunn's Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. Peacemaker is scheduled to begin shooting early next year before Gunn works on Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3.

The Suicide Squad is currently scheduled to open on Aug. 6, 2021 in theaters.

Agee's TV credits include the Netflix animated series Twelve Forever, ABC's The Connors, NBC's Superstore, Fox's New Girl among several others. The comedian was a writer on over 300 episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and will also star in the upcoming Justine Bateman directed drama Violet. He is repped by 11:11 Entertainment for management and AKA agency.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 15, 2020, 11:32:49 PM
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QuoteDirector James Gunn was in postproduction on The Suicide Squad when he came up with the idea for a TV show about one of the movie's many characters who "we didn't get to know as well" as some of the others: John Cena's supervillain Peacemaker, whose "superpower" is a willingness to commit terrible acts in the name of peace. "I loved the 1970s Captain America [TV movie] when I was a kid," says Gunn, "I thought making a really f---ed-up version of that with Peacemaker would be fun."

The problem? (WARNING: Massive The Suicide Squad spoilers follow, so look away if you have yet to see the film.) In his big-screen tale about a group of convicts sent on a dangerous mission by Viola Davis' Amanda Waller, Gunn had killed off Peacemaker — and the director is not a fan of characters apparently dying and then being brought back to life. Eventually, he overcame his reservations and added a post-credits scene to The Suicide Squad where two of Waller's underlings, Jennifer Holland's Harcourt and Steve Agee's Economos, visit a comatose but alive Peacemaker in the hospital. "I did exactly the thing I hate when other filmmakers do [it]," admits Gunn. "But I did it! I'll have to live with the repercussions, which is the most incredible TV show people will ever see."

The eight-episode HBO Max series, which premieres in January, centers on "black ops combating something catastrophic that's facing the planet," Gunn says, leading Peacemaker, Harcourt, and Economos to team up with three new characters. Chukwudi Iwuji is group leader Murn (a mercenary under Waller), while Freddie Stroma plays popular comics character Vigilante. "You may not have guessed it," quips Gunn, "but his character is a vigilante!" Danielle Brooks plays sixth team member Adebayo. "She isn't always treated the best by the people around her, but despite her differences with Peacemaker, they form a bond," he explains.

Gunn, who wrote all of Peacemaker and directed five episodes, will spend much of the next year making the third of his Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but reveals he would be happy to return to the show if it proves a success. "I would like to do a season 2," he says. "They just have to tell me that they want to do it."

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 05, 2021, 11:42:44 AM
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Quote from: chrisr232007 on Feb 18, 2022, 01:05:11 AMThis show is one of the best I have seen in a long time. 10/10 from me. John Cena was down right amazing!