Director James Gunn has confirmed that filming of the first season of his upcomingPeacemakerseries has been completed. He took to social media to reveal that after 131 days,HBO Max’s spin-off series has wrapped its shoot. The series stars John Cena as the Peacemaker, a character who fans will first get to see later this year in Gunn’s upcoming filmThe Suicide Squad.
Gunn also used the opportunity to appreciate the cast and crew that worked alongside him on the project. “Thank you for putting your hearts and souls into this project,” he wrote. The idea of thePeacemakerspin-off series was first pitched by Gunnless than a year ago, something he confirms in his latest tweet, and within 11 months, the show for HBO Max has already completed filming.
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Gunn has written the script for all eight episodes ofthe first season ofPeacemakerand has even directed five of them. He recently revealed the names of the other directors who were officially brought on to direct an episode of the anticipated series. They include Jody Hill, known for HBO’sEastbound & Down,Brad Anderson, who previously worked onFringe, and Rosemary Rodriguez, who has worked onJessica Jonesand AMC’sThe Walking Dead.
Even though filming is complete, details about the plot of the series are still being kept under wraps. The only piece of information that fans are aware of is thatPeacemakerwill work as an origin story of the character who will be introduced inthe upcomingThe Suicide Squad, which premieres in less than a month. There is no confirmation on whether there or not there will be a second season, but Gunn has already thought of any potential DC Comics characters he would include in the series if a season 2 was approved.
Apart from Cena, the series stars Steve Agee as John Economos, Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo, Christopher Heyerdahl as Captain Locke, Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt, Chukwudi Iwuji as Clemson Murn, Robert Patrick as Auggie Smith, and Freddie Stroma as Vigilante.
The news ofPeacemakercompleting filming also has Marvel fans excited, because this means that Gunn will now turn his focus to thehighly-anticipatedGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The director had earlier revealed that he would begin shooting the third installment in theGuardiansfranchise as soon as he was done filmingPeacemaker. Chris Pratt, who plays Star-Lord in theGuardiansfranchise, had also stated in a recent interview that the film would enter production later this year.
Peacemakeris currently expected to premiere on HBO Max in January 2022.
