This August, James Gunn’s
The Suicide Squad will finally arrive simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, though despite the fact that the sequel to David Ayer’s middling 2016 film has been long in the making, we barely know anything about the plot and what it will involve, other than that DC’s most mischievous villains will be back, of course.
The star-studded cast will include Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, whom we last saw in 2020’s
Birds of Prey, and newcomers Idris Elba and John Cena, who’ll portray Bloodsport and Peacemaker, respectively. Elba originally came on board to replace Will Smith’s Deadshot, but the studio decided against the idea of retconning the established continuity. And if these names, in a project helmed by the
Peacemaker, will be R-rated as well.
Peacemaker stars Cena as the titular character, a role which he will also play in
The Suicide Squad. Peacemaker is a vigilante for peace who ironically will commit murder to obtain it.
Since the show s development, a rumor popped up stating that an edited, clean version of
Peacemaker will air on The CW. Gunn took to Twitter to squash that rumor, simply because a broadcast-appropriate version would be impossible. Well, maybe not impossible, but 40 seconds long.
Now we know that
Peacemaker will not only be edgier than your typical superhero fare, but it will be