John Cena Set To Star In Amazon Prime Action Comedy Officer Exchange

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John Cena is taking on another role following the success of HBO's Peacemaker, the acclaimed spin-off from 2021's The Suicide Squad. The professional wrestler and actor is set to star in Amazon Prime's upcoming action-comedyOfficer Exchange.

Although Cena first started as a WWE star, he transitioned into acting in 2006 when he starred in The Marine alongside his Peacemaker co-star Robert Patrick. In the film, Cena portrayed a marine whose wife gets kidnapped and goes on a dangerous chase through North Carolina to retrieve her. Cena subsequently appeared in numerous films, including Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers, Bumblebee (both 2018), and F9 (2021).

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And his career continues to blossom. Per Deadline, the upcoming Amazon Prime project will see Cena reunite with executive producer Peter Safran and producer John Rickard, both of whom worked with Cena onPeacemaker. Officer Exchange, written by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner, will feature Cena in the role of Shepard «Shep,» a cop who travels to India and teams up with a local police officer to hunt down diamond smugglers.

2022 has been a very busy year for Cena so far. Peacemaker became one of the most successful series of the year and a second season received the green light, something that Cena and creator James Gunn confirmed in February. In addition, Cena recently closed a deal to star as the main antagonist in the forthcoming live-action/CGI film from the Looney Tunes franchise Coyote vs. Acme. As the title suggests, the film will follow a human attorney who takes Wile E. Coyote as a client in a legal battle against Acme.

Another project in Cena's hectic schedule is the follow-up to the ninth installment