>John Cena ("Bumblebee") is in talks to join the cast of Warner Bros Pictures' THE SUICIDE SQUAD, the reboot of the critically panned, but commercially successful 2016 DC Comics adaptation directed by David Ayer ("Bright"). James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy") is directing the movie and wrote the latest draft.
>Cena is eyed for the role of Christopher Smith AKA Peacemaker, "an agent of peace driven by an extremist form of pacifism that makes him love peace so much he would kill for it." The cast also includes Margot Robbie as Harleen Quinzel AKA Harley Quinn; Jai Courtney as Digger Harkness AKA Captain Boomerang; Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flagg; Viola Davis as Amanda Waller; and Idris Elba in an undisclosed lead role, rumored to be Ben Turner AKA Bronze Tiger.
>THE SUICIDE SQUAD is slated for August 6, 2021.
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