DC Show’s Season 2 Antihero Casting Rumors Clarified By Showrunner

Published Nov 11, 2026, 9:50 PM EST

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Creature Commandos season 2 has received a casting clarification from its showrunner.

At the end of 2024, the DC Universe franchise officially kicked off with the animated series Creature Commandos, which saw Amanda Waller forming a black ops team of monsters under A.R.G.U.S. Ahead of season 1’s finale, DC Studios greenlighted Creature Commandos season 2, where several new members will join Task Force M. Now there’s an update regarding the actor voicing one of these new characters.

Creature Commandos showrunner Dean Lorey posted an Instagram video to debunk the rumor that Community veteran Danny Pudi is voicing Khalis. Instead, he shared that Miko Hamada is voicing the character, saying:

I just wanted to correct one small thing. Lately, people have been talking about Danny Pudi as being the voice for Khalis in Creature Commandos season 2. And I love Danny. I’ve done a show with Danny. He’s a great guy, but that’s actually not true. It’s Miko Hamada who is the voice actor, and I would like him to get the credit for it because he’s great.

In the comics, Khalis was originally the priest Hetepkheti Tefnakhte, who served Anubis and wore the Amulet of Anubis until it was taken by Nabu, one of the Lords of Order. Centuries later, Khalis returned in mummified form and clashed with Doctor Fate, Nabu’s agent of justice. He was later recruited by S.H.A.D.E. to serve as the Creature Commandos’ medic. This HBO Max-exclusive series marks the first time Khalis has been depicted outside the comics.

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Khalis briefly appeared at the end of the Creature Commandos season 1 finale alongside other strange-looking prisoners incarcerated in Belle Reve's Non-Human Interment Division. Khalis, King Shark, and Nosferata will join The Bride, Weasel, Doctor Phosphorus, and a rebuilt G.I. Robot in the new Task Force M, while former member Nina Mazursky was killed in the first team’s final mission. Rick Flag Sr., who led the first team, has also succeeded Waller as the head of A.R.G.U.S.

Although Creature Commandos is technically the DCU’s first installment, it builds off events from 2021’s The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker season 1, which are now (mostly) considered DCU canon. No plot details for Creature Commandos season 2 yet, but it’s been confirmed that it will be set after Peacemaker season 2. Along with Hamada joining as Khalis, Sydney Chandler has been cast as Nosferata. Diedrich Bader has also taken over voicing King Shark from Sylvester Stallone.

The lineup of returning actors in Creature Commandos season 2 includes Indira Virma as The Bride, Sean Gunn as both G.I. Robot and Weasel, Alan Tudyk as Doctor Phosphorous, David Harbour as Eric Frankenstein, and Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr. While James Gunn created Creature Commandos and wrote all of season 1’s episodes, he did not write any of season 2’s episodes. That was instead been handled by a full writing team, with Lorey penning the season 2 premiere, titled “Starry Night.”

Creature Commandos season 2 is expected to be released sometime after the upcoming DC movie Man of Tomorrow, which arrives in theaters on July 9, 2027.