James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Universe initiative is about to get underway with a launch of “Creature Commandos,” an animated series that will introduce characters that could eventually make their way to live action. The series follows a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. The voice cast includes the likes of Indira Varma, Frank Grillo, David Harbour, Alan Tudyk, Maria Bakalova, Sean Gunn, Zoe Chao, Anya Chalotra, Steve Agee and Viola Davis.
Veteran DC executive producer Dean Lorey, who has worked on Max’s other animated shows “Harley Quinn” and “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!,” is involved in the series and recently sat down with to tease what we can expect. He says one big difference between the new show and those other ones he’s been involved in, relates to the writing with Gunn himself handling all of the show’s scripts ahead of time: “It was great, and it was really different in the sense that James Gunn had written all of the scripts before we started shooting. Usually, I’m one of the writers on a show, even if I’m running it.
But James had fully written the scripts. They were great scripts. Everybody was really, really excited about them.
Gunn has previously promised that works within the new DCU will not progress into production until they have scripts locked – doing so avoids various risks, and potential budgetary blowouts. It also changes the nature of some shows like this, as Lorey ex.