A post-credits scene in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad movie teased the Peacemaker spinoff series, which filmed in Vancouver earlier this year.
It looked like Peacemaker (John Cena) would be one of the many casualties of Amanda Waller’s latest suicide mission, but in the post-credits scene her underlings Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) and John Economos (Steve Agee) find Peacemaker comatose in hospital. It’s this trio that teams up with Vigilante (Freddie Stroma replacing originally cast Chris Conrad), Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) and team leader Clinton Murn (Chukwudi Iwuji) for the black ops mission of the series.
First look at the less-than-happy Team #Peacemaker in the new issue of @EW. @DCpeacemaker @hbomax https://t.co/PdAyxiRQrH pic.twitter.com/unNqoUUWAW
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) September 13, 2021
Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive image of this team meeting in their abandoned video store headquarters:
This explains why the Henenlotter Video store set in Cloverdale was the most-used set in the filming of the Peacemaker series in Vancouver.
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And where fans had the best chance of meeting John Cena.
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At the back of the video store set.
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James Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Chukwudi Iwuji, Freddie Stroma, Steve Agee, John Cena, Danielle Brooks.
Other characters: Robert Patrick as Christopher’s father Auggie Smith, Annie Chang as Detective Sophie Song, Lochlyn Munro as Larry Fitzgibbon; Christopher Heyerdahl as Captain Locke.
Peacemaker is a man who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
Does John Cena ever take off the costume?
The Peacemaker series is expected to stream on HBO Max in January 2022.
