Creature Commandos | |
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Created by | James Gunn |
Based on | Characters from DC |
Showrunner | Dean Lorey |
Written by | James Gunn |
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Opening theme | "Moliendo Café" by Hugo Blanco |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Network | Max |
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Creature Commandos is an upcoming American adult animated television series based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous team. Produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, it will be the first television series in the DC Universe (DCU) and the first installment overall. It focuses on a black ops team of monsters assembled by Amanda Waller. All seven episodes were written by James Gunn, with Dean Lorey as showrunner and Yves "Balak" Bigerel as supervising director.
Steve Agee, Maria Bakalova, Anya Chalotra, Zoë Chao, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, David Harbour, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma, and Viola Davis star in the series. After Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022, they announced Creature Commandos in January 2023. Production on the series had begun by then and casting was underway. The cast was announced that April. Animation for the series was provided by Bobbypills.
Creature Commandos is scheduled to premiere on the streaming service Max on December 5, 2024, with its first two episodes. The other five episodes will be released weekly until January 9, 2025. It will be the first entry in the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.