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World Conflicts on the Rise within the DCU
Spoiler warning for Creature Commandos Season 1
Creature Commandos wrapped up its first season and laid out plenty of attention-grabbing developments for the way forward for the DCU. All through seven episodes, Creature Commandos delved into the previous of its principal solid of characters and supplied loads of hints for DC characters just like the Metallic Males, Batman, and Clayface earlier than his deliberate 2026 characteristic movie. This animated sequence marks the primary entry in The DCU’s Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters, which can proceed with upcoming titles like Superman, Peacemaker Season 2, Lanterns, and Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow.
The finale episode of Creature Commandos, titled “A Very Humorous Monster,” not solely made for a tragic however satisfying conclusion for the present’s first season but in addition laid the groundwork for the place the DCU is heading. Whereas James Gunn mentioned no undertaking within the DCU is designed to arrange one other and is concentrated by itself tales, that does not imply there aren’t potential teases and seeds being planted that may develop into larger tales. The truth is, with Creature Commandos being the kick-off of this new cinematic universe, not counting the now canonized The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker Season 1, the animated would possibly trace at not solely a plot level in Superman however many future initiatives.
New Commandos
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December 5, 2024
- Forged
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Indira Varma
, Sean Gunn
, Alan Tudyk
, Zoe Chao
, David Harbour
, Frank Grillo
, Peter Serafinowicz
, Jake Tapper
, Tony Cavalero
, Viola Davis
, Maria Bakalova
, Anya Chalotra
, Flula Borg
, Michael Rooker
, Robbie Daymond
, Keith Ferguson
, Piotr Michael
, Derek Phillips
, Maury Sterling
, Paul Ben-Victor
, Joe Zieja
, Steve Agee
, Stephanie Beatriz
, Linda Cardellini
, Keston John - Seasons
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On the finish of Creature Commandos, the large reveal is that The Bride is being requested to steer a brand new group of Commandos. The roster consists of earlier members Physician Phosphorus and The Weasel, together with a more moderen and far bigger model of G.I. Robotic that has been rebuilt. The group additionally consists of King Shark, who was a member of Job Power X in The Suicide Squad and one of many few surviving members. Furthermore, we meet the vampire Nosferata and a mummy, Khalis, who have been seen in non-speaking cameo roles in episode 4, “Chasing Squirrels.”
Creature Commandos is already confirmed to be returning for Season 2, which can proceed the adventures of this group. If it follows the identical construction as Season 1, which means established characters can have extra of their origins delved into with occasions followers didn’t see, in addition to fleshing out the group’s new members. Audiences would possibly get to be taught extra about King Shark and if he has any connection to Aquaman, which can now have to be recast because the DCEU’s Aquaman, Jason Momoa, will now star as Lobo in Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow.
As for the 2 new members, Khalis might need a considerable connection to Hawkgirl, who Isabela Merced will play in Superman. Khalis is a mummy excessive priest, and in lots of variations of Hawkgirl’s origin, she was as soon as an Egyptian princess. The model in Superman is Kendra Saunders, who in a single model of the comics is established as being the newest within the reincarnation line of the Egyptian princess Chay-Ara, who additionally reincarnated into the Golden Age Hawkgirl Shiera Sanders-Corridor. Hawkgirl may seem in Khali’s flashback and issue into the present-day storyline of Creature Commandos if he finds out an previous foe has been reincarnated as soon as once more.
Rick Flag Demoted
With The Bride now tasked with main The Creature Commandos, their authentic chief, Rick Flag, is out of a job. Rick Flag broke rank and went behind Amanda Waller’s again, investigating Circe and placing the groups’ mission in jeopardy, and his interference value Nina Mazursky her life. Despite the fact that Amanda Waller believed Flag was proper to research and uncover the reality about Clayface, the episode’s ending implies The Bride knowledgeable her about Princess Ilana Rostovic’s deception. Which means that Flag is probably going on skinny ice with Amanda Waller.
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Followers already know that Frank Grillo will reprise his function as Rick Flag in Superman, although he’s sporting black hair as a result of he was not capable of dye it white as a result of he was filming one other film then. Flag remains to be working for/with Waller, however now it’s clear why the Creature Commandos aren’t a part of Superman, as Flag is not their subject chief. The larger implication is Flag’s function as a Peacemaker. The tip credit score scene of The Suicide Squad hinted that John Economos and Emilia Harcourt have been assigned to work with Peacemaker as punishment for having betrayed Waller, so the identical is perhaps true of Rick Flag. The actual query is that if Rick Flag is aware of that Peacemaker is the person who killed his son Rick Flag Jr., or if that is one thing Amanda Waller has stored from him that will probably be revealed in Season 2.
World Conflicts on the Rise within the DCU
The DCU has rapidly established its alternate actuality from the viewers with loads of fictional international locations. The Suicide Squad befell in Corto Maltase, a rustic in South America. Creature Commondo‘s motion largely befell within the fictional European nation of Pokolistan, which can also be the birthplace of each Eric Frankenstein and The Bride. The sequence additionally established that Gotham prison Rupert Throne was making an attempt to promote doubtlessly dangerous knowledge to the fictional Center Japanese nation of Bialya. The Superman trailer has already revealed it’s going to embrace the fictional nation of Boravia invading a boarding nation, Jarhanpur. Jarhanpur was name-dropped in Creature Commandos as one of many areas the place Rick Flag served.
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The Bride killing Princess Ilana Rostovic will possible have main political and international penalties for the remainder of the DCU. Illana Rostovic’s plan for international domination and the plan to kick off World Conflict III won’t have been intently averted along with her demise. Boravia’s invasion of Jarhanpur in Superman is perhaps motivated by the assassination try of a fellow international chief, just like how the demise of Archduke Franz Ferdinand kicked off World Conflict I. Circe’s imaginative and prescient would possibly nonetheless move, as a result of whereas Rostovic won’t lead the cost of this new international battle, her demise might need inevitably kicked it off. Is the world on the point of warfare, and all hope appears misplaced? This actually seems to be like a job for Superman.
Different Future Set-Ups
Apart from the finale, Creature Commandos additionally arrange some attention-grabbing teases for not simply future characters however potential initiatives. Followers already know {that a} Clayface film is within the works, and following the character’s look in Creature Commandos raises the query of whether or not the Clayface seen within the present would be the similar one within the film. There have been eight variations of Clayface in DC Comics, and the one in Creature Commandos has not been recognized. Whereas no particulars are recognized in regards to the upcoming Clayface movie, it’s assumed to be a horror origin story, so it’s doable it’s going to tie into this model. Additionally it is unclear if Clayface is lifeless, so the film may even be a continuation of the occasions of the movie, however that is still to be seen.
Then there’s Will Magnus, the creator of The Metallic Males. DC has been engaged on a Metallic Males film since even earlier than the final shared DC Universe, The DCEU, again in 2012, with Males in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld set to helm the film. In 2021, legendary Disney animated administrators John Musker and Ron Clements signed on to direct an animated Metallic Males film. No phrase has been given on that, however contemplating that The Metallic Males’s creator, Will Magnus, was featured within the animated sequence Creature Commandos and the blueprint for the Metallic Males member Gold was proven, there’s a good probability the animated film remains to be on the desk and within the DCU. Will Magnus’ voice actor Alan Tudyk beforehand labored with Musker and Clements because the voice of Heihei in Moana.
Lastly, there’s, after all, Batman. Batman was teased within the Physician Phosphorus-centric origin episode and was additionally proven within the apocalyptic imaginative and prescient that Circe confirmed Amanda Waller. Batman is already set for his personal movie, The Courageous and the Daring, however no launch date has been set. Creature Commandos firmly believes that this have to be an older Batman, as Physician Phosphorus mentions that he was remodeled 15 years earlier than the sequence’ occasions. With Peacemaker name-dropping Joker, Riddler, and Mad Hatter and now Creature Commandos that includes Physician Phosphorus and Clayface, the DCU Darkish Knight has already tangled with lots of his biggest foes, permitting the Courageous and the Daring and future Batman tales to maneuver previous the origin and discover ideas and storylines the previous Batman motion pictures couldn’t. In only one sequence, Creature Commandos has completed an excellent job teasing the longer term and making a franchise that followers will need to discover extra.
All episodes of Creature Commandos are streaming on Max.