James Gunn Clarifies When His CREATURE COMMANDOS Animated Series Takes Place
Creatures Commandos is definitely one of the more interesting projects that James Gunn and Peter Safran announced for DC Studios, and it’s the first project that will be released under their leadership.
The Creature Commandos team consists of monsters and superheroes, and it was believed that they would be fighting Nazis during World War II. The team consists of a human, a werewolf, a vampire, Frankenstein's monster, and a gorgon.
Well, it turns out that the story will not be set during WWII. Gunn recently clarified on social media that Creature Commandos actually takes place in the “current day.” I guess that makes sense as they will be working under the supervision of Amanda Waller.
I think the WWII set era would've been much more interesting, but Gunn believes that this series is "Some of the Best Stuff He's Ever Written," so we’ll see how it turns out!
It was previously explained that the story for the project is so big that the only way it could be told is through animation because it would be way too expensive to pull off for live-action. But, it was previously revealed that many of these characters, “will also play the roles in live-action later on in the DCU,” which is sure to be fun!
The voice cast includes David Harbour as Eric Frankenstein, 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, with Steve Agee reprising his role as John Economos from Peacemaker.
Gunn previously said of the series: "Creature Commandos is based on the great team from DC. What we're doing with the DCU is, we are having animation tied directly into live action. Television, movies, and games all intertwine within the same universe. We're going to cast actors that are going to be able to play the characters in this as well as in other things, some of which we've already cast. I've written all seven episodes of the show.”
Creature Commandos doesn’t have a release date yet, but Gunn has confirmed the series will drop before his film Superman: Legacy, which is currently slated for July 11, 2025.
