Creature Commandos Season 2: Key Info
– Announced in December 2024
– Will be available for streaming on Max in the US
– The release date has not yet been revealed
– No trailer has been revealed either
– Some cast members from season 1 are likely to return
– Unclear if its plot will pick up directly after the season 1 finale
– Other DCU projects may influence its narrative
– No news on whether a third season will be made
Creature Commandos season 2 is officially a turn at DC Studios. The DC Universe’s (DCU) first project will be back for more monster mayhem after another chapter was greenlit in December 2024, and unsurprisingly, that’s all we really know about it right now.
Concrete details about its cast, plot, and release date are largely non-existent, but there’s still plenty we can speculate about. Creature Commandos‘ next season. In this guide, you can read about our best theories about the R-rated Max show’s next installment, but be aware that full spoilers for season 1 are discussed as of this point. So proceed at your own risk if you haven’t seen all seven episodes yet.
Creature Commandos season 2 release date: what we know so far
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Creature Commandos season 2 was announced for December 23, 2024. As we reported at the time, Max confirmed that a new season of DC Studios’ first animated series was in the works, so we’re sure to get more adult animated action at some point.
We don’t expect to see Creature Commandos return to our screens anytime soon. There are many other DC Studios projects in various stages of development, including but not limited to James Gunn’s Superman film, Lantern, Peacemaker season 2, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Gunn, one of DC Studios’ co-heads, is involved in two of these projects, making August the month Peacemaker 2 is expected to debut – before he is free to write the scripts for Creature Commandos‘ next post. Gunn wrote his predecessor’s scripts, so I suspect he’ll be on writing duties for Season 2 as well.
Assuming he doesn’t hire a new head writer for the show’s next chapter, I’d be surprised if Season 2’s scripts are ready to go before the end of 2025. If so, Creature Commandos season 2 might not arrive until the end of 2026 – and I’m incredibly optimistic. Animated shows can take years to make, so it could even be 2027 or even 2028 before it’s released.
Creature Commandos season 2 likely cast
Major spoilers follow Creature Commandos season 1.
The crew of Creature Commandos Season 2 hasn’t been announced yet, but based on last season’s finale, here’s who I expect to return:
- Indira Varma as the bride
- Sean Gunn as GI Robot and Weasel
- Alan Tudyk as Doctor Phosphorus
- David Harbor as Eric Frankenstein
- Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
- Steve Agee as John Economos
The four characters voiced by the first three actors were the only remaining members of Task Force M’s original line-up when Season 1 Episode 7’s credits rolled. As I discussed in my Creature Commandos season 1 final article explained, they are still part of the overall team heading into next season, so I expect Varma, Tudyk, and Gunn to reprise their roles in Season 2.
Harbour’s Frankenstein, who is not part of the group but played a major antagonistic role in Season 1, should also return. Davis’ Waller and Agee’s Economos can do the same, especially since Task Force M reports directly to the ARGUS Commander-in-Chief and her right-hand man.
The Season 1 finale also revealed that three new metahumans had joined Task Force M’s ranks. Vampire bat humanoid Nosferata, the mummified Khalis (confirmed by Gunn in a Rotten Tomatoes YouTube video) and King Shark – last seen in 2021’s The suicide octopus film – will be part of next season’s line-up. There’s no word on which actors will voice them, but season 1 episode 7’s end credits sequence featured Diedrich Bader (American Housewife, Napoleon Dynamite) as the voice of King Shark, so I suspect he’ll do it again in Season 2.
Some other people who were in the last season, such as Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr, could also be part of the case. As Grillo told TechRadar, he will be “on a mission” for justice in Superman and Peacemaker season 2 first though.
However, Circe and/or many of Pokolistan’s minor characters, including Sergei, are unlikely to return. They were only involved because of how Season 1’s story went. With that narrative wrapped up before Season 1 ended, I’m confident they won’t be seen in the second outing of one of the best Max shows.
Two people who definitely won’t be back for another monster mask are Zoe Chao’s Nina Mazursky and Maria Bakalova’s Princess Ilana Rostikov. Ilana murdered Nina in Season 1’s final episode and was then killed by The Bride in retaliation for the Pokolistani monarch-in-waiting’s execution of Nina. For what it’s worth, Bakalova told TechRadar that she hasn’t given up hope of playing Ilana again. Unless she appears in a flashback sequence, I seriously doubt she will.
Creature Commandos Season 2 Story Speculations
Full spoilers follow Creature Commandos‘first season.
Creature Commandos Season 2’s story synopsis has not been released yet. It will also be some time before it is, so we can only speculate where things will go from here.
For starters, things will largely depend on what happens in other DCU Chapter One movies and TV shows. With people like Superman (one of 2025’s most anticipated new movies) and Peacemaker season 2 arriving in the coming months, events that happen in these productions will likely have an impact on the plot of this show’s second season.
One thing I’m already sure of, though, is that Task Force M is being sent on another death-defying mission to tackle a planet-wide threat. Last season, the eponymous team was initially tasked with protecting Princess Ilana from Circe, an Amazonian sorceress who is one of three major ties to Wonder Woman’s eventual DCU debut. However, when it was revealed that Ilana was planning to conquer the world using her high-tech Pokolistani forces, Task Force M was asked to eliminate her instead, which it duly did, though at the cost of Nina Mazursky’s life.
No matter what task they are sent on, I expect we will see more of the team members butting heads. After all, they were thrown together by circumstances – meaning their confinement in Belle Reve prison – so they have not voluntarily joined together to tackle a greater enemy. With Nosferata and King Shark among the gang’s newcomers, who have their own unique personalities, motives, desires, fears, and likely traumatic backstories, there will be plenty more melodrama and R-rated humor to enjoy next season
That is also possible Creature Commandos season 2 will continue to explore new parts of the DCU. The show’s first season did a great job from a universe-building perspective, with cameos from iconic DC heroes like Batman in episode 5 and B-list DC Comics villains, the debut of the DCU’s Justice League, albeit in one of Circe’s premonitions, references to famous cities including Metropolis and Gotham City, and many more easter eggs besides. When Season 2 comes out, a number of DC’s most prominent heroes and villains will be established in Gunn and co-head Peter Safran’s new cinematic universe, so there will be more potential for them to run into Task Force M in Creature Commandos‘ next chapter.
Creature Commandos season 2 trailer: is there one?
No. There won’t be one for a long time. I’ll update this section when a trailer is finally released.
Will Creature Commandos Season 2 Get a Sequel?
Nobody knows. As I said earlier, Creature Commandos was only renewed for a second season in late 2024. Until it launches, we won’t know if a third installment will also be greenlit.
Although DC Studios is announcing a third season, there’s no telling when it will even air. In January 2023, when Gunn revealed DCU Chapter One’s full line-up (well, full at the time anyway), 11 projects were confirmed as part of this first phase of the DC Universe. Since then, three more – this show’s second season, one Dynamic Duo animated film starring iconic Robins Dick Grayson and Jason Todd and a Clayface film written by Mike Flanagan – have been announced. It’s going to be an increasingly busy time for DC Studios. The fate of a third Creature Commandos the contribution will depend on whether there are still stories worth telling, whether it continues to be popular with viewers, and whether there is time and resources to make another season. In short: keep your eyes open.
For more Max-based TV coverage, read our guides The last of us season 2, House of the Dragon season 3, The white lotus season 3, and Euphoria season 3.
