Written and directed by James Gunn, the Warner Bros movie is
neither a sequel nor a reboot of the 2016 movie of the same title, Newsweek
reported.
However, the new movie has similar themes and returning
characters, which are made up of past anti-hero villains led by Idris Elba
under the character of Bloodsport.
Some returning characters in the movie include Margot Robbie
as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang,
and Viola Davis as Amanda Walker.
The new characters showing up in the new movie are
Bloodsport, played by Idris Elba, and John Cena playing Peacemaker. Sylvester
Stallone voices King Shark while David Dastmalchian acts as the famously
oddball villain Polka-Dot Man.
Cena has hailed Gunn for inviting him to take up the role,
which was a new adventure for him.
The wrestler cum actor said, “The yes was easy. I’ve always
wanted to work with James Gunn and the process was very simple. He has a knack
for casting, he casts incredibly well.
“I think it’s because he really does create his own image of
these characters and the writing process in the pre-production process,
storyboarding, so he had a few people in mind for Peacemaker, and I think some
of them didn’t work out and he got to me on the depth chart and I was in. I was
all in.”