HBO Max announces new stars for original DC action-comedy series “Peacemaker” from The Suicide Squad writer / director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran. Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black; The Color Purple on Broadway) will star as Leota Adebayo, along with Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; HBO’s Perry Mason) as Auggie Smith, Jennifer Holland (Brightburn; American Horror Story), who will reprise her role of Emilia Harcourt from The Suicide Squad film and Chris Conrad (Perpetual Grace, LTD.; Patriot) as Vigilante/Adrian Chase.
They join previously announced stars John Cena in the title role and Steve Agee as John Economos. Cena and Agee also reprise their roles from The Suicide Squad movie.
Gunn will write all eight episodes of Peacemaker and will direct multiple episodes, including the first. Gunn and Safran will serve as executive producers of the series, with Cena as co-executive producer.
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Based on characters from DC, 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 production in early 2021, prior to Gunn beginning work on the next Guardians of the Galaxy film.
While details about Peacemaker are being kept under wraps, the series will explore the origins of the character that Cena will play in the upcoming film, a man who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
The series will extend the world that Gunn is creating for The Suicide Squad movie, which is scheduled to be released in theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 6, 2021.
Brooks is repped by CAA, Door 24, ID and Attorney Paul Hastings; Patrick is repped by The Coronel Group, Gersh and Attorney Jeff Frankel; Holland is repped by Atlas Artists and CAA; and Conrad is repped by Kim Callahan at Industry Entertainment and Attorney Derek Kroeger at Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light LLP.
SOURCE: Warner Media Group
