Anya Chalotra who plays Yennefer of Veneberg in Netflix's The Witcher, has been announced to be portraying Wonder Woman villain, Circe in Creature Commandos.
With a new enchantress role, Chalotra seems hellbent on cornering the market on spellcrafting roles. It will be interesting to see how the animated series decides to differentiate Circe from Chalotra's Witcher look. While Circe has had many different looks over the years, the most popular, recurring aesthetic for the ancient Greek sorceress calls for horns and blazing red hair.
James Gunn, the co-chair of DC Studios, revealed the casting of Chalotra on social media (as usual). It's interesting to note that Gunn also hinted at other casting announcements to come.
As you may remember, Gunn has said that voice performers for video games and animation will be able to play those characters in live-action movies and TV shows.
There's a live-action, Wonder Woman-adjacent Paradise Lost television series in development for Max...perhaps we'll also see Chalotra's Circe turn up there as she's typically a main antagonist of Diana of Themyscira.
The original rumor appears to have originated back in November from a social media fan account devoted to covering Chalotra.
Elsewhere, Superman: Legacy actress Sara Sampaio has revealed a new look at the Creature Commandos roster, via social media. Eagle-eyed fans were quick to take a screen shot from Sampaio's Instagram story before the post vanished.
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.
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.
It should be noted that there's no word yet on whether Circe is the main villain of Creature Commandos or merely making a cameo appearance. Stay tuned to CBM for our continued coverage.