Danielle Brooks ‘Peacemaker’ Casting

Deadline – November 11, 2020 at 11:32AM:

Grammy and three-time SAG ensemble winner Danielle Brooks is joining HBO Max’s Peacemaker, the spinoff series to James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad movie. She joins John Cena, who is playing the title character, and Steve Agee, who is reprising his John Economos character from the film. Brooks will play Leota Adebayo in the series.

‘Orange Is The New Black’ Star Danielle Brooks Joins HBO Max ‘Suicide Squad’ Spinoff Series ‘Peacemaker’

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Amazon Studios Lands John Cena-Idris Elba Action Film Pitch ‘Heads Of State’

Film – Deadline – October 2, 2020 at 11:02AM:

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Heads of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and […]

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