Peacemaker: UK release date of DC Comics’ Suicide Squad spin-off - and who stars in cast with John Cena?

Peacemaker, the Suicide Squad spinoff from director James Gunn, arrived in the UK on Sky and NOW TV on March 22. All eight episodes of the series will be available to stream at once.

The superhero series, which stars John Cena, was previously available on HBO Max in the US from January 13.

Here’s everything you need to know about Peacemaker.

What is Peacemaker about?

Peacemaker is a spinoff of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, which was released in cinemas last year – it starred Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman and John Cena, amongst others, as a group of supervillains and bad guys enlisted to work for the US government.

This series follows John Cena’s character Peacemaker on his next mission – though he seemingly died during the course of the film, a post-credits sequence revealed that Peacemaker was still alive.

In this series, Peacemaker has to try and stop an alien invasion/bodyswap conspiracy, while navigating his complicated relationship with his racist father.

Who is in the cast of Peacemaker?

John Cena stars as Peacemaker. You probably won’t have seen him, for obvious reasons, in films like the Fast and the Furious franchise, or during his days as a WWE wrestler.

Steve Agee will also be reprising his role from the Suicide Squad movie as John Economos, warden of the prison where the squad are kept between missions.

They’re joined by Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black), who plays Leota Adebayo – an original character created for this series – and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2), who plays Peacemaker’s white supremacist father.

Freddie Stroma (Harry Potter) and Nhut Le (Raven’s Home) will both play recognisable DC Comics characters, with Conrad as Vigilante and Le as Judomaster.

The series was created, written, and the majority of its episodes were directed by James Gunn, who’s best known as the director of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy series. He’s currently working on a Guardians Christmas special for Disney+, and a third Guardians of Galaxy movie as well.

Where can I watch the trailer for Peacemaker?

You can watch it right here, to get a glimpse of some of that typically irreverent James Gunn superhero action.

When can I watch Peacemaker in the UK?

Peacemaker will be available to watch in the UK on Sky and NOW TV from Tuesday 22 March.

All eight episodes of the series will be available to watch at once.

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