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When VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson was approached for Peacemaker, she jumped at the opportunity not only to reteam with filmmaker James Gunn, but also to delve into a story requiring creature effects of all kinds. “Doing creatures is my favorite thing to do,” says Paterson, “and to have a creature that’s really part…

That’s a wrap on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, according to filmmaker James Gunn. The writer-director took to Twitter on Friday to announce that he’d wrapped principal photography, also teasing that the Marvel film will feature an appearance from an as-yet “unannounced actor.” His first message to fans accompanied a…

Viola Davis' Amanda Waller is the latest DC Comics character getting the small screen treatment. Deadline understands that HBO Max is developing a Peacemaker and Suicide Squad spinoff series featuring the supervillain with Davis in talks to star and exec produce. Watchmen writer Christal Henry will write and exec…

A fan who posted a modest proposal that Marvel replace Chris Pratt with Patrick Wilson in its Guardians of the Galaxy franchise set off a firestorm of back and forth, including a stiff defense of Pratt from director James Gunn. On Saturday, Twitter user @themeghanlodon_ posted side by side photos of the two actors…

Sky has taken UK rights to James Gunn’s John Cena-starring Peacemaker and the show will drop later this month. The HBO Max original follows in the tradition of a long line of HBO shows that have aired as part of the Sky/HBO content deal, although it has been announced quite far down the line with premiere date so…

"I feel like we are left as a team, as a unit, and it took a journey for us to get there, but we finally do," says Peacemaker star Danielle Brooks of the first season of the HBO Max series from James Gunn. "And I think we realize who the true badasses are – and that's us, the two women you are taking to right here,"…

Warning: The following interview contains spoilers from The Peacemaker season one finale “It’s Cow or Never”, now available to watch on HBO Max. So, Peacemaker wins and the world is safe from alien butterflies. For a moment there, it seemed that the possessed Detective Sophie (Annie Chang) made a persuasive argument…

Following the success of its recent Peacemaker series that included a Season 2 renewal, Warner Bros and John Cena are staying in business together. Cena is set to star in the WB’s Looney Tunes animated hybrid pic Coyote vs. Acme. Dave Green will direct, with a screenplay from Samy Burch based on the Looney Tunes…

A Season 2 of James Gunn’s popular DC series Peacemaker is locked and loaded on HBO Max. Gunn will direct and write all episodes for the new season. Gunn and series star John Cena announced the news on social media Wednesday morning, with Gunn already having indicated on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast recently that…

Ahead of Peacemaker‘s Season 1 finale, HBO and HBO Max’s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys hinted that a second season of James Gunn’s Suicide Squad spinoff series is in the offing. (UPDATE: HBO Max confirmed the renewal today.) “I’m feeling good so stay tuned. The show has been doing great,” Bloys told Deadline…

“This is the end for us, the last time people will see this team of Guardians,” James Gunn told us on today’s Hero Nation about the franchise’s conclusion with Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 due out on May 5, 2023. You can listen to our conversation with Gunn about the last chapter in the $1.6 billion-plus grossing…

EXCLUSIVE: There’s another Suicide Squad spinoff series in the works, James Gunn recently told us on the upcoming episode of Deadline’s Hero Nation. “We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that universe,” Gunn told us, “I can’t quite say.” In addition, Gunn says about a second season…