Get ready, as next month will bring the first look at Creature Commandos, the DCU's first project out of the gates.
WB Animation confirmed that they'll be bringing a fresh look at the series to next month's Annecy Film Festival.
Annecy is a prominent event that usually happens at the start of June every year in Annecy, France.
It is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious animation festivals, having been founded in 1960. It honors everything related to animation by presenting a broad range of movies. television shows, and shorts that employ various production methods, including stop-motion, 3D, and traditional animation.
Along with the announcement, WB Animation has provided an updated logo for the series.
The full description for the panel reads, "Creature Commandos follows Amanda Waller as she forms a black ops team out of monstrous prisoners. Prepare for an in-depth look from Rick Morales and Balak Yves into the artistry and creative processes behind this highly anticipated series kicking off a new era of storytelling in the DCU."
Creature Commandos has fought off delay rumors for months, with Gunn recently confirming a late-2024 release window for the Max series [
via Threads]. If we had to make a logical guess, it would make sense for
Creature Commandos to drop around Halloween.
The 7-episode animated series will stream on Max and stars Harbour as Eric Frankenstein/Frankenstein's Monster, Indira Varma as The Bride, Zoe Chao as Dr. Nina Mazursky, Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus, Sean Gunn as Weasel and G.I. Robot, and Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr.
Actress Anya Chalotra who plays Yennefer of Veneberg in Netflix's The Witcher, has also been confirmed by Gunn to have a role in the series as the Wonder Woman villain, Circe.
Steve Agee will also reprise his Peacemaker role of John Economos. Viola Davis is also slated to appear as Amanda Waller.
More recently Gunn has revealed that he views Indira Varma's The Bride as the main character of the series. He also shared that he's not directing any episodes but he did direct each actor's recording sessions.
Grillo also teased that the series is very adult. "..I think because this is a hard R — Creature Commandos is a hard R — it's fun. When we were doing it, I think one day it was me and David Harbour recording, I was on the ground. I had to stop in the recording studio, I had to go on the ground and laugh, that's how funny and filthy it is."
"[Laughs] It's amazing, I'm so happy to be a part of it. I think that is what's different is this guy's the boss, and he's grizzled, white on the sides, and white in the beard, and I'm leaning into all that."
Grillo's Rick Flag Sr. was also just confirmed to appear in Peacemaker season 2, making him the first new DCU character (Viola Davis' Waller is a DCEU holdover) to move fluidly between animation and live-action, something that Gunn stated would be a goal of this new era of DC Comics films and television projects.