‘Creature Commandos’ finale brings back another DCEU member

Creature Commandos, the first official DCU project, has completed its first seasonand with the finale added another DCEU character to its roster.

By the end of the season, where only (spoilers) The Bride, Weasel and Dr. Phosphorus survived the events of the princess murder, the team had to be rebuilt. And speaking of built-up back-up, we see an upgraded GI Robot who isn’t actually dead after all, in addition to new DC members we haven’t seen before, Khalis, a reanimated mummy, and Nosferata, a vampire who on a time Superboy fought. Both have previously been Creature Commandos in the comics.

Then we’ve added another DCEU member, King Shark, who appears in the finale to join the DCU team. He was, of course, a key member of James Gunn’s reformed Suicide Squad team in the second film, which was part of the reason Gunn was given the keys to the DCU.

I just checked and King Shark was briefly voiced in Creature Commandos by Diedrich Bader, an actor who previously voiced Batman in both Harley Quinn and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This is different than, uh, Sylvester Stallone, who voiced King Shark in Gunn’s Suicide Squad movie. Although I didn’t expect him to show up for a line or two.

The addition of King Shark continues to blur the lines between Gunn’s old DCEU projects, Peacemaker and The Suicide Squad, with the new DCU, with this being the latest in a long line of crossovers.

Essentially the entire Peacemaker cast continues into the DCU, especially Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller. It has been said that John Cena will reprise his role and the entire second season of Peacemaker will be canon for the DCU with some sort of explanation attached.

The events of the movie The Suicide Squad also seem to be canon, as Rick Flagg Sr. lost his son at the hands of the Peacemaker. Few members of the Suicide Squad in that film survived, but that includes Weasel, Ratcatcher II, Bloodsport, King Shark, and Harley Quinn.

Of these, Weasel and King Shark are now confirmed to still be in the DCU as well, but that leaves open questions about characters like Idris Elba’s Bloodsport and, most pressingly, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, who appeared in a whopping three DCEU films, both Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey, opposite Jared Leto’s (limited screen time) Joker. I think it’s safe to say that Leto won’t be back, but given that Harley was such a big part of Gunn’s movies, which all seem to be canon, fans are wondering if she’ll reprise that role.

The likely answer is…no, probably not. First of all, there is no indication that any DCU projects will feature Harley Quinn in the near or even distant future right now. The only Batman-related project on deck is The Brave and the Bold, and she shouldn’t be a part of that story.

Second, Margot Robbie looks set to move on from the role. IN a Variety interview after The Suicide Squad, Robbie said:

“I always wanted Harley to be a character that would be passed on to other actresses to play, the way there are so many iconic male characters. That’s always been the dream for her. Harley is so funny and can go in so many different directions. You put her in someone else’s hands and it’s like, ‘What are they going to do with her?’ The possibilities are endless.”

It sounds pretty definitive, but so what could happen, is that Robbie’s DCEU Harley remains canon in the DCU, at least with the events of her last film, but simply a different actress portrays her going forward. But then again, we’re talking years and years away, and the only Harley we’re going to see for a while is Kaley Cuoco’s animated version.

But hey, King Shark is back!

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