Viola Davis In Talks To Return As Amanda Waller In Peacemaker Spinoff

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Viola Davis earned acclaim from DC fans for her performance as Amanda Waller in The Suicide Squad, a role she briefly reprised in the Peacemaker spinoff series. Now, Davis is poised to take the spotlight in a new HBO Max series featuring the cunning Amanda Waller.

Davis made her first appearance as Amanda Waller in David Ayer's Suicide Squad, which was followed up by a loosely connected sequel/reboot from James Gunn titled The Suicide Squad. While Davis' Waller was a central and powerful figure in bothSuicide Squad films and Peacemaker, she still played a supporting role compared to characters who were actually part of each project's main roster of villains.

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Now, The Hollywood Reporter noted that Davis is in talks to return as Amand Waller in a newPeacemaker spinoff that is being developed for HBO Max. According to THR, the potential series would build on Davis' appearance in Peacemaker, but specific plot details were not divulged. The new spinoff series will be written by Christal Henry, who may be best known for penning an episode of HBO's Watchmen series. Henry will also serve as an executive producer alongside Gunn, Peter Safran, and Davis herself.

For the uninitiated, Davis' Amanda Waller (like her comic book counterpart) is an intelligence officer responsible for managing Task Force X, a covert team of incarcerated supervillains who have been recruited to carry out risky missions that the U.S. government would prefer to avoid being attached to publically. The supervillains in question are offered reduced sentences in exchange for their service, but any failure to comply with Waller results in death by means of a small explosive device implanted in the