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Terminator 2 and X-Files star Robert Patrick has signed up for the new James Gunn HBO Max series Peacemaker.

Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black) will star as Leota Adebayo, alongside Patrick as Auggie Smith. Jennifer Holland will reprise her role of Emilia Harcourt from “The Suicide Squad” film and Chris Conrad appears as Vigilante/Adrian Chase. They join previously announced stars John Cena in the title role and Steve Agee as John Economos. Cena and Agee also reprise their roles from “The Suicide Squad” movie.

Gunn will write all eight episodes of “Peacemaker” and will direct multiple episodes, including the first. Gunn and Safran will serve as executive producers of the series, with Cena as co-executive producer.  “Peacemaker” is scheduled to begin production in early 2021, prior to Gunn beginning work on the next “Guardians of the Galaxy” film.

While details about “Peacemaker” are being kept under wraps, the series will explore the origins of the character that Cena will play in the upcoming film, a man who believes in peace at any cost – no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. The series will extend the world that Gunn is creating for “The Suicide Squad” movie, which is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 6, 2021.