Cena, Patrick Filming; Director Alethea Jones Joining DCU?

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Peacemaker writer/director James Gunn revealed he was filming today with John Cena and Robert Patrick; director Alethea Jones joining the new DCU?

Published Thu, Aug 22, 2024 6:42:09 PM -0500

by Ray Flook

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When we last inquired about how DC Studios co-CEO’s second season was going James Gunn‘S John Cena-starring Peacemaker, Jennifer Holland (Emilia Harcourt) gave us a glimpse into the stunt training she and Freddie Stroma (Adrian Chase/Vigilante) continued with the stunt team (Gunn: “People are going to freak out over this sequence”). For this round, we have an interesting little mystery surrounding director Alethea Jones (Evil, shining valley) – but before we get to that? Gunn shared an Eagly-involved fight scene from season one to let us know he was filming with Cena and Robert Patrick when he posted it.

As for Jones, here’s where things get interesting. “(DC Studios) is doing some awesome stuff. I’m all for it and I have the hat to prove it! 🤸🏻‍♂️💥💫💫💫💫💫” Jones wrote in their Instagram post earlier today, sporting a rather cute Superman baseball cap with the upcoming film’s new “S” logo. Okay — it seems like Jones will definitely be involved in the new DCU. Not long after, Gunn posted a screenshot of Jones’ post image to Instagram Stories — featuring an image of a “dove of peace.” We’re left to speculate a bit, as we’d assume this means they’re directing an episode of season two. But could Jones’ post imply that there’s more directorial work on the horizon? Possibly. Lanterns? Here’s a look:

“(DC Studios) is doing some awesome stuff. I’m all about it, and I got the hat to prove it! 🤸🏻‍♂️💥💫💫💫💫💫” Jones wrote in their Instagram post, sporting a pretty cool Superman baseball cap with the new “S” logo:

The cast for the season is expanded to include: Frank Grillo as Rick Flag, Sr. (of Being Commands), Sun Rodriguez (Star Trek: Picard) as Sasha Bordeaux, Tim Weide (Mean Girls, Saturday Night Live) as ARGUS agent Langston Fleury, and David Denman (Bosch: Legacy) in an unknown role. Behind the camera, Gunn also confirmed that Greg Mottola (Super bad) And Peter Sollett (Common John) was tapped to direct a few episodes of the season. Here’s a look back at the opening credits from the first season, while we imagine what the season 2 opener will look like:

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Steve Agee (Awesome, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Brightburn) rejoined Gunn and Cena for Peacemakerin which he reprised his film role as John Economos, a guard at Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary and an assistant to Violet Davis‘Amanda Waller. Danielle Brooks (Orange is the new black) joined the series as Leota Adebayo, starring Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) in the role of Auggie Smith. Jennifer Holland (Burning brightly) reprised her film role of Emilia Harcourt, and Freddie Stroma (Bridgeton) took on the role of Adrian Chase, also known as Vigilante. In addition, Chukwudi Iwuji (When they see us) as Clemson Murn, Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) as Larry Fitzgibbon, Annie Chang (Shades of blue) as Detective Sophie Song, Christopher Heyerdahl (Togo) as Captain Locke, No Le (Kroll show) as a Judo master, and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (The walking dead) And Rizwan Manji (Perfect harmony) as recurring characters Keeya and Jamil. Alison Araya (Riverdale) & Lenny Jacobson (Narcos: Mexico) were asked to play the roles of married couple Amber and Evan respectively.

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Gunn, Brad Anderson (Session 9), Rosemary Rodriguez (The walking dead), And Jody Heuvel (The righteous gems) directed the eight-episode series. Gunn and Peter Safran served as executive producers, with Cena serving as co-executive producer. Peacemaker was produced by Gunn’s Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros. TV. The series explores the origins of Cena’s The Suicide Squad character, a man who believes in peace, at all costs, no matter how many people he has to kill for it.