Musique Fantastique

Creature Commandos is an American adult animated television series based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous team. Produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, it is the first television series in the DC Universe (DCU) and the first installment overall. It focuses on a black ops team of monsters assembled by Amanda Waller. All seven episodes were written by series creator James Gunn, with Dean Lorey as showrunner and Yves “Balak” Bigerel as supervising director.

Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Zoë Chao, David Harbour, and Frank Grillo star in the series. After 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. Animation for the series was provided by Bobbypills.

Creature Commandos premiered on the streaming service Max on December 5, 2024, with its first two episodes. The other five episodes will be released weekly until January 9, 2025. The series received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, animation, and Gunn’s storytelling. It is the first entry in the DCU’s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

Composers Kevin Kiner and Clint Mansell provide the music for the series – Mansell is known for Black Swan, Moon, Ghost in the Shell (w/Lorne Balfe), Blood the Last Vampire; Kiner is best known for scoring DC’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: Tales, and Ahsoka, and together both composers handled DC’s Titan, Doom Patrol, and Peacemaker.

Watch the Creature Commandos trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdahDEpqPA8