Creature Commandos: Clearing the Confusion Between DCU and DCEU

Introduction

The DCU starts with a team-up project - Creature Commandos - that could clear up some confusion surrounding its timeline. While Superman: Legacy is the first movie of the DCU, the reboot universe is beginning earlier than that with Creature Commandos, an animated project that centers around a black ops team of monsters from the DC universe.

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James Gunn wrote all seven episodes, and it's expected to land on Max in late 2024. Creature Commandos has a stellar voice cast, including David Harbour, Zoe Chao, Alan Tudyk, and Frank Grillo, but it also features several returning DCEU actors from Gunn's The Suicide Squad.

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Weasel's Role in Explaining the DCEU to DCU Link

A few of the returning characters include Amanda Waller, Weasel, and John Economos, with Viola Davis, Sean Gunn, and Steve Agee set to reprise their respective characters. Their inclusion does make the timeline more confusing, especially since so many other DCEU heroes, like Superman and Batman, are being replaced with other actors.

However, this series does have the perfect opportunity to clear up some questions, and can do it with one unlikely character. Weasel's Creature Commandos story can help explain how DCEU characters work in the DCU.

Weasel made his cinematic debut in The Suicide Squad. Played by Sean Gunn, the somewhat creepy character appeared to die when he drowned in the film's opening, but it was later revealed that he had survived his watery ordeal and made it ashore. The character appears again in Creature Commandos, and it appears to be the same version from the DCEU, as images show that Weasel in the DCU has a very similar design to the distinctive wide-eyed iteration found in The Suicide Squad.

While it's not confirmed that it's the same version, the return of other DCEU characters like Davis as Waller and Agee as Economos suggests that this will continue Weasel's story from The Suicide Squad. Weasel's return can help explain how DCEU characters fit into this new universe.

Creature Commandos is the perfect opportunity to explain the link between the DCU and the DCEU. Weasel, Waller, and Economos aren't the only DCEU characters whose stories are continuing, as Gunn has confirmed others are coming back, including John Cena as Peacemaker and Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle. With so much confusion surrounding the link between the DCEU and the DCU, clearing the air as early as possible will make it easier to move on when projects like Peacemaker season 2 are released - or otherwise at least help set up for future, more tangible explanations in upcoming releases.

Importance of Explaining the Link Between DCU and DCEU

The way Weasel's DCEU to DCU story is addressed can help answer whether elements of the DCEU story still canonically exist, or whether they're entirely erased in the DCU. Referencing Weasel's The Suicide Squad story and his narrowly avoided drowning would help shed some light on this bigger matter.

Creature Commandos is the perfect opportunity to explain the link between the DCU and the DCEU. Weasel, Waller, and Economos aren't the only DCEU characters whose stories are continuing, as Gunn has confirmed others are coming back, including John Cena as Peacemaker and Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle. With so much confusion surrounding the link between the DCEU and the DCU, clearing the air as early as possible will make it easier to move on when projects like Peacemaker season 2 are released - or otherwise at least help set up for future, more tangible explanations in upcoming releases.