Amanda Waller's Spinoff Has The Perfect Way To Bring King Shark Back
Peacemaker is getting a spinoff in the form of an Amanda Waller series, and while little is known about its storyline, a DC comic has provided the show with a potential way to bring back the fan-favorite King Shark. King Shark, a.k.a. Nanaue (voiced by Sylvester Stallone) was brought into DC's live-action universe with his role in The Suicide Squad. It was announced in 2022 that an Amanda Waller show starring Viola Davis (who also played the character in Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad) was in the works for HBO Max, written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and executive-produced by Davis and James Gunn. The show was stated to be a continuation of Peacemaker, which featured a major status-quo shift for the government operative.
Peacemaker ended with Waller's daughter, Leota Adebayo, exposing her mother's involvement with the Suicide Squad and Project Butterfly. No details about Waller's series have been revealed, though it appears that at least part of it will focus on the consequences of her secrets being exposed, which is a fitting premise for a story centered around her. However, the comic book series Suicide Squad: King Shark introduced an intriguing plot point that could allow for King Shark's DCEU reintroduction and a look at a different side of Amanda Waller.
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In issue #12 of the series, Waller threatened to kill a friend of Nanaue to keep him compliant. The baddie called her bluff, though, revealing that she took him in when he was an infant, after his father left King Shark in her care. She then raised the boy, effectively making Nanaue her adopted son. Amanda Waller's spinoff series could theoretically use that reveal to feature King Shark
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