Creature Commandos (2024)

Genre

black comedy, science fantasy, superhero film, action-adventure television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 351 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Monsters are forced to work as a black ops team for the government. Amanda Waller assembles them to handle dangerous missions.

darkly comicfast-pacedchaoticviolentoffbeatgorycharacter-driven

What happens

Creature Commandos is an American adult animated superhero television series created by James Gunn for the streaming service HBO Max. Based on the eponymous team from DC Comics, it is produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation as the first television series and the first installment in the DC Universe (DCU). The series focuses on a black ops team of monsters assembled by Amanda Waller. All seven episodes of the first season were written by Gunn, with Dean Lorey serving as showrunner and Yves "Balak" Bigerel as supervising director. The series features an ensemble cast including Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Zoë Chao, David Harbour, and Frank Grillo. After James 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. Bobbypills and Studio IAM provided animation for the series. Creature Commandos premiered on the streaming service Max on December 5, 2024, with its first two episodes. The series received positive reviews from critics, who praised the voice acting, Gunn's writing, and emotional weight. It is the first entry in the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. In December 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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