James Gunn’s DCU launch is right around the corner, not with next year’s Superman, but with the seven-episode animated series Creature Commandos. Max has confirmed the show will premiere on December 5th, with one episode arriving weekly until January 16th 2025.
Written and exec-produced by Gunn, Creature Commandos features a top secret government team of monsters recruited to take on dangerous missions. Think the Suicide Squad but with monsters. They’re even led by Amanda Waller and voiced by Viola Davis who has played her in the live-action Suicide Squad films and Peacemaker. Their field commander is Rick Flag Sr., voiced by Frank Grillo. Flag is the father of Joel Kinnaman’s character from the live-action films. Flag will also appear in Superman and Peacemaker season two, which could make this series very interesting for him.
Also in the cast are Steve Agee as Economos, Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein, Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus, and Indira Varma as The Bride.
It seems a bit weird to launch DC Studios with an animated miniseries when most of the major projects are live-action movies. Normally it’s the other way around. But then, doing things the normal way hasn’t worked for DC and WB in the past so might as well change the formula.
SYNOPSIS: CREATURE COMMANDOS tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails… they’re your last, worst option.
