The “Peacemaker” series of superheroes, derived from “The Suicide Squad” and worn by John Cena, has become the highest rated in the DC Universe. And above all, it offers an instantly cult credits, by far the best in a very long time.
The series is unavailable in France… but its credits are already around the world. Spin-off of The Suicide Squad acclaimed by critics and the American public (it is currently the production of the DC universe highest rated on Rotten Tomatoes), the Peacemaker series offers a cocktail of superheroes, comedy, uninhibited violence and permanent shift, thanks to the paw of its creator, screenwriter and director James Gunn.
The already cult credits of Peacemaker
The HBO Max show is also distinguished (and above all) by its credits (see video above), a dancing number where all the main and secondary characters, John Cena and his eagle in the lead, sway their hips on an improbable choreography on the piece Do Ya Wanna Taste It of the hair metal band Wig Wam. The sequence is seen again in each episode with the same pleasure, and each time we discover a little additional detail, like this finale which lasts a few seconds too long or a Robert Patrick not quite in time (for the greatest happiness of its director).
James Gunn – “I love seeing Robert Patrick off-time at the end of the dance.”
Robert Patrick – “I suck.”
Entrusted to the choreographer Charissa Barton -at work for twenty-five years between cinema, stage and television-, the number that she herself baptizes the “Peacemaker Groove” mixes modern dance, movements inspired by old comics, burlesque à la Chaplin / Keaton and the style of the various characters in the series. A bit as if “plasticine animation took on human form”, perfectly sums up the actress Jennifer Holland in the making-of of the sequence.
Peacemaker: the making-of of the credits
Above all, as his partner Danielle Brooks points out, this famous credits in music and with offset the diversity of the program. “It’s really cool, because we are all so different. To see this choreography featuring so many different body types, ages or origins, it’s really great”. For james gunn, who usually includes a dance number in all his works, the challenge was to create a credits “very very different from anything that has been done in television, and in the DC universe of course”. And the best credits of the year, therefore.
Wig Wam’s “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” music video
