Legendary comic book writer J.M. DeMatteis, who co-created the Creature Commandos with Pat Broderick in 1980, was recently musing on social media about the big-screen prospects for the characters. While he didn’t quite nail the prediction – today, James Gunn and Peter Safran announced that DC was launching an animated series based on the characters – they could still make their way to the big screen. Gunn said that they were casting actors who could move back and forth between the two formats intentionally – and with a Swamp Thing movie in development, it would not be shocking to see Frankenstein and company stomping their way into the live-action DC Universe.
On the treadmill today I watched the DC SHOWCASE: SGT. ROCK short, featuring the Creature Commandos. I think the CCs would make a fantastic live-action film: a combination of a classic 1940s monster movie & a classic 1940s WWII movie. In glorious black and white, of course! pic.twitter.com/dNefg5XhZy
