John Cena appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to talk about his role as Peacemaker. In fact, Cena did the entire interview in Peacemaker gear from what he said is the set for the character's home in the show.
"This is actually Peacemaker's house," Cena said. "Peacemaker is like the polar opposite of Bruce Wayne, where Bruce Wayne would be a billionaire with a bat cave, I live in a single-wide."
Cena goes on to describe his characters as, "a douchey, bro-y Captain America."
The actor then tells Fallon the The Suicide Squad movie arrives in August, which we knew, but that the Peacemaker series will then arrive "shortly after that on HBO Max." So it sounds like Warner Bros is moving fast with the show.
Peacemaker is the 2022 HBO Max live-action TV series spinning off from the Warner Bros/DC film The Suicide Squad, and based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
John Cena reprises his role as the warped hero who is so committed to peace he has designed an array of weapons to enforce it. The eight-episode TV series follows the events of the movie, putting the titular hero on a new mission under and off-shoot agency called Project Butterfly. James Gunn, who wrote and directed the feature, wrote the scripts and directed all episodes of the series. Gunn also produced the show with Peter Safran. Cena is executive producer along with Matt Miller (The 100).
Also cast in the show is Steve Agee and Jennifer Holland reprise their roles from the film as staffers on Amada Waller's task force. They're joined by fellow staffers Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black) and Chukwudi Iwuji. Freddie Stroma (The Crew) is on board to play Adrian Chase aka Vigilante. Nhut Le is set for Judomaster. Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) is set to play Auggie Smith. Additional cast members include Lochlyn Munro, Annie Chang, Christopher Heyerdahl, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow and Rizwan Manji.
