Steve Agee Joins 'The Suicide Squad' HBO Max Spinoff Series 'Peacemaker'

According to Deadline, Steve Agee will be reprising one of his Suicide Squad roles for the HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker starring John Cena.

Agee will be appearing in James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad movie under the role of John Economos. The character is a warden of Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary and an aide to Viola Davis’ government character Amanda Waller. Agee also is playing King Shark in Suicide Squad.

Gunn is writing the eight-episode series, while directing a handful of the episodes. Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran are serving as executive producers with Cena serving as co-executive producer. The series will be produced by Gunn’s Troll Court Entertainment and the Safran Company in association with Warner Bros Television.

The Peacemaker was created by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette and first appeared in the Fightin’ 5 series originally owned by Charlton Comics. The first incarnation of Peacemaker was Christopher Smith, a pacifist diplomat and son of a Nazi death camp commandant who founded the Pax Institute, which fights dictators and warlords.

The Suicide Squad is scheduled to premiere in theaters August 6th.