Clayface written by Mike Flanagan

[Aesop Rocks]

He didn't.

He wrote the script for someone else to direct. Dude's fully booked for the time being.

They never said he was going to be the director.

Oh my bad hehe I just figured he was attached to direct since that was his typical route and usually enjoyed full creative control.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

I feel like the best pick if they’re going for a Substance inspired story… is Rob Lowe

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Never mind. Solid choice.

DC’s ‘Clayface’ Lands ‘Speak No Evil’ Director James Watkins (Exclusive)

The character is based on the Batman villain.

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[Sawyer]

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First up, “Clayface”: Safran confirmed that British director James Watkins (“Speak No Evil”) is in talks to direct what he characterized as a “body horror film” and Gunn said they hope “works as a pure horror movie for somebody who doesn’t care at all about DC.”

Exactly what I wanted to hear. None of that pseudo horror-lite with an angle on being a superhero franchise kind of stuff that Sony does.

 

[Pennywise]

James Gunn Explains Why the Clayface Movie Had to Be a Part of the DCU and Not Matt Reeves' The Batman Epic Crime Saga - IGN

DCU co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran have discussed the upcoming movie Clayface, confirming its DCU canon status and R rating.

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However, speaking at a DC Studios presentation attended by IGN, Gunn and Safran explained why Clayface had to be part of the DCU, as opposed to Matt Reeves’ The Batman Epic Crime Saga.

“Clayface is totally DCU,” Gunn confirmed. “The only thing that's in Matt's world, his Crime Saga that he's telling, is the Batman Trilogy, the Penguin series, that's in that lane," Safran clarified. "So still under DC Studios, still under us. We have an incredible relationship with Matt, but those are the only things.

“It was important that Clayface be part of the DCU. It's an origin story for a classic Batman villain that we want to have in our world.”

Gunn then said Clayface wouldn’t have been a great fit for the more grounded The Batman Epic Crime Saga.

“It was very outside of the grounded non-super metahuman characters in Matt's world,” Gunn said.

Safran confirmed DC Studios is currently in negotiations with Speak No Evil helmer James Watkins to direct Clayface, but it sounds like a done deal. Shooting is set to kick off this summer.

“This summer, cameras are going to roll on Clayface, an incredible body horror film that reveals a compelling origin of a classic Batman villain, and this is another title that we added to the slate on the strength of an exceptional screenplay by Mike Flanagan,” Safran said.

“I think some of you are probably aware that we're in negotiations with James Watkins now to direct, and we'll start casting this as soon as we have the director deal done and we'll shoot this summer. It's slated for a fall 2026 release. Clayface might not be as widely known as The Penguin or The Joker, but we really feel that his story is equally resonant, compelling, and in many ways, more terrifying than one of those.”

At various points in the DC Studios presentation, Safran called Clayface “experimental” in the sense that it is not “your traditional superhero tentpole movie,” and an “indie style chiller.” Gunn called Clayface “pure f***ing horror, like, totally real. Their version of that movie, it is so real and true and psychological and body horror and gross.”

Gunn confirmed Clayface is, perhaps unsurprisingly, “definitely R rated.”

“I think that one of the things Peter and I talked about when we first got the script is if we were producing movies five years ago when we were doing Belko Experiment and all of that stuff, and somebody had brought us this horror script called Clayface about this guy, we would have died to have produced this movie, because it was just a really excellent body horror script, and the fact that it's in the DCU is just a plus,” Gunn continued.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

James Gunn Explains Why the Clayface Movie Had to Be a Part of the DCU and Not Matt Reeves' The Batman Epic Crime Saga - IGN

DCU co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran have discussed the upcoming movie Clayface, confirming its DCU canon status and R rating.

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“It was very outside of the grounded non-super metahuman characters in Matt's world,” Gunn said.

This should put to bed any idea of Mr. Freeze being the villain in The Batman Part II.

 

[ENCK]

Agreed. It will be Court of Owls, two face, hush, or someone else grounded with reeves vision.

 

[Sawyer]

Agreed. It will be Court of Owls, two face, hush, or someone else grounded with reeves vision.

Mad Hatter, dammit!

 

[Sawyer]

Sneider, if you are ****ing playing, I’ve got a backhand with your name on it.

 

[emielaen]

Not bad at all. I nominate Holbrook.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

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Well, where else was it gonna be? Detroit?

 

[donuts]

Well, where else was it gonna be? Detroit?

Los Angeles, like the One Bad Day Clayface comic.

THR's report on the presser still says that's the case.

Honestly, I expect him to be a Gotham City actor who moves to L.A. to make it big in Hollywood.

I don't think it's going to be a full immersion into the DCU's Gotham City.

 

[BobJM]

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Sneider, if you are ****ing playing, I’ve got a backhand with your name on it.

I usually think of Karlo as an older actor, but maybe they’re going meta with the casting and he’ll be a former child star from a mega franchise who’s looking to shake that character & restart his career.

 

[Pennywise]

Sneiderrrrrrr!!!!

 

[Sawyer]

I’m throwing hands with Sneider. It’s on sight.

 

[Sawyer]

Although if it’s an opened field, that frees me up to make a potentially unhinged suggestion…



An actor with a process like his doing body horror might be a tad dangerous, but…

 

[Venom 1988]

Although if it’s an opened field, that frees me up to make a potentially unhinged suggestion…

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An actor with a process like his doing body horror might be a tad dangerous, but…

 

[TheScarecrow]

I like Radcliffe for the role. I am picturing someone a bit older though, tbh. My choice:


Matthew Lillard

 

[BobJM]

Zoinks! That’s actually a really fun pick; good call

 

[Sawyer]

Although if it’s an opened field, that frees me up to make a potentially unhinged suggestion…

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An actor with a process like his doing body horror might be a tad dangerous, but…

Okay, I’m not getting caught up in random rumor mill **** anymore (probably lying to myself, but whatever), but this coming up mere hours after I suggested Strong is hilarious…

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Sawyer]

I’ve been in since Flanagan said he was writing, but (if correct) this seals it in ****ing concrete.

Marino is a goddamn master.

 

[Pennywise]

It’s come full circle, sort of.

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[The Lazarus Pit]

I kind of like the idea of Sebastian Stan playing Clayface.

I watched Fresh recently and his Patrick Bateman-esque performance sold me on him as Batman. But he’s very skilled and could play a number of dc characters.

I still like Rob Lowe if they’re going with B list aging Karlo