James Gunn says Creature Commandos is a lot like Guardians of the Galaxy – without the heart-warming, touch-feely moments.
“I'm used to dealing with oddballs and irregular types and weirdos,” Gunn told Entertainment Weekly. "That's what Guardians is, and Creature Commandos is kind of like Guardians without the sentimentality. The Guardians are all really good characters at their heart, and that just isn't necessarily the case with the creatures.”
Creature Commandos marks the first entry in James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe titled Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, kicking off a brand new era for DC. The seven-episode animated series, based on the characters created by J. M. DeMatteis and Pat Broderick, sees Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) create a black ops team of monstrous prisoners. The team of military superhumans is comprised of a vampire, a werewolf, and a gorgon.
It's not the first time Gunn has helmed a rag-tag group of weird creatures, given that he directed all three Guardians of the Galaxies movies (and gave us arguably one of the most gut-wrenching threequels in cinematic history). Creature Commandos is an animated series, however. The first live-action project to hit the new DCU is Superman, which is set to hit theaters on July 11, 2025.
