“Creature Commandos” Trailer Introduces the Monsters in James Gunn’s Animated Series

Meagan Navarro

“M is for Monters,” Amanda Waller says in the new trailer for James Gunn‘s animated DC series “Creature Commandos.” The filmmaker delivered a first look trailer today at San Diego Comic-Con, giving a better look at the monsters bringing horror to the DCU.

Expect “Creature Commandos” to arrive on Max this December.

The seven-episode show focuses on the creation of a black ops team out of prisoners before the existence of the Suicide Squad, with Gunn having written all episodes.

The cast includes Sean Gunn as Weasel and GI Robot, Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana Rostovic, Indira Varma as The Bride, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus, David Harbour as Eric Frankenstein, with Steve Agee reprising his role as John Economos from “The Peacemaker.” In the series, the Creature Commandos work under the supervision of Amanda Waller (Viola Davis).

The premise features Frankenstein’s monster teaming up with a werewolf, a vampire, and a gorgon to fight Nazis in World War II. While there are obvious DC crossovers here with Weasel, John Economos, and Amanda Waller, it’ll be exciting to see how these characters integrate with iconic monsters like Frankenstein and The Bride. One thing is clear: don’t expect this series to adhere to the comic with the DCU character inclusion closely.

Variety previously revealed that we can expect many of these characters, therefore the actors voicing them, “will also play the roles in live-action later on in the DCU.” That means we may get a DCU live-action series or movie featuring David Harbour’s Eric Frankenstein and Indira Varma’s The Bride in the future.

New co-heads of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran cited “Creature Commandos” as part of the first chapter of their overarching DCEU story called “Gods and Monsters.” Expect the horror to continue, with a new horror-focused Swamp Thing movie also in the works.

 

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