is officially on the way, with Max revealing that it has renewed the James Gunn DCU animated series for a new season. Currently, nothing is known about the second season of the series, but the early renewal for a second season — Creature Commandos is still midway through its first seas on Max — shows just how well-received the series has been. “We’re thrilled to team up with Max for another season of Creature Commandos mayhem,” Gunn and DC Studios co-chairman Peter Safran said in a statement. “From our spectacular first season of Peacemaker to the astonishing run of The Penguin to the record-breaking launch of Creature Commandos, Max has consistently delivered above industry expectations and beyond our wildest imaginings.
Thank you, Casey, Sarah, Pia, Sono and the entire team for your tremendous support of DC Studios. We are proud to call Max home.” “Thanks to the brilliant imagination of James and the talent of our amazing artists, DC fans fell in love with this new family of heroes,” said Peter Girardi, executive vp alternative programming at Warner Bros.
Animation. “We are excited to continue this wild ride with our partners at Max. You want more monsters, you’re getting more monsters.” Creature Commandos was created by James Gunn, the co-CEO of DC Studios, and is the first project set in the new and ongoing DC Universe of content.
The next project set in the DCU will be Gunn’s Superman, which is set to release next year. “Creature Commandos tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans,” the logline for the series reads. “When all else fails… they’re your last, worst option.” The series’ voice cast includes Steve Agee as Economos, Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Sean Gunn as GI Robot and Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein, Alan Tudyk as Dr.