Clayface written by Mike Flanagan

[BobJM]

I don’t know the actor, but love a curveball. He wasn’t even on the shortlist.

DCU casting hasn’t let me down yet

 

[Sawyer]

Depending on how closely this is following the BTAS episodes, I’ll be curious who they go after for Roland Daggett.

 

[Pennywise]

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[NotToday]

I don’t know the actor, but love a curveball. He wasn’t even on the shortlist.

He probably was, but it's better clickbait to use the most famous names.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Depending on how closely this is following the BTAS episodes, I’ll be curious who they go after for Roland Daggett.

Ben Mendelsohn!

Except he’ll be named John so it’s more realistic.

 

[BobJM]

Depending on how closely this is following the BTAS episodes, I’ll be curious who they go after for Roland Daggett.

I'm still hoping we'll see Batman in this as a supporting character / antagonist. Honestly, frame it like Batman '89 or Returns where Joker or Penguin are more-or-less the main characters of those stories.

And Feat of Clay provides a perfect actual villain for Hagen to go after in the form of Daggett (though that name can be swapped out for any other DCU character, like Simon Stagg or Maxwell Lord). Even though Clayface is the bad guy, his story is sympathetic and we'd root for him to 'defeat' Daggett, even if Batman is chasing after him.

Plus a Batman vs. Clayface movie is always a good way to instantly distance oneself from the gritty Reevesverse. Plus, we get a new DCU Batman without having to call it a Batman movie.

 

[donuts]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is mostly set in Los Angeles.

 

[BobJM]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is mostly set in Los Angeles.

If this was to be a Joker-style Elseworlds film, then maybe. But since this is in the DCU, that news would be pretty disappointing. This is the perfect opportunity to introduce a revamped Batman / Gotham in the DCU without having to greenlight a Batman flick to compete against The Batman II.

We're finally getting all of this fleshed-out / world building in Superman w/ the greater DCU. It would seem regressive for Clayface to be an LA story far removed from Gotham.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Depends of whether or not Gunn wants to wait until Brave And The Bold to introduce Gotham. He might not want to commit to a look for Gotham that early.

 

[BobJM]

Depends of whether or not Gunn wants to wait until Brave And The Bold to introduce Gotham. He might not want to commit to a look for Gotham that early.

Or Clayface was such a good pitch from Flanagan, and Gunn has already realized introducing Batman this way makes more sense, instead of the previously announced Brave and the Bold film-- even if he still plans to introduce Damien Wayne as our primary, present-day Robin (lookin at you, Teen Titans movie).

 

[Still Wynning]

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[Pennywise]

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Peter Safran was telling me a little bit about Clayface and how the hope is to start filming at some point this year, assuming that the script is in this good place. [In the weeks following this interview, Gunn announced Tom Rhys Harries in the lead role.]


The new script is great. It's great. I mean, the first script was great, and then this new draft is even better.... The movie's definitely getting made.


What goes into a decision to bring Clayface into the DCU versus an Elseworlds title?


Well, I think it was just we needed DCU content. Mike Flanagan is somebody who I've been friendly with for a long time, and he wrote me about Clayface. He texted me about it really early on in my DC journey. Just being honest, I did not think that was something that was going to happen, but he came in and he pitched the idea and I was like, "Oh s---! That's cool." It's a body horror movie. It's a horror movie that, like any cool body horror movie, just happens to be in the DCU. And then he wrote the script, and the script was fantastic. We did not plan to do Clayface. That was really something he brought to us.

Because this is DCU, is this the same Clayface that we met in Creature Commandos?

I think that everyone will find that out.

 

[Sawyer]

The comments about Clayface not being something Gunn ever planned on or expected make me believe there will be no Batman in this outside of the same kind of reference as we saw in the Phosphorus episode of Creature Commandos.

I can’t imagine that the first real appearance by the DCU Batman would just fall into Gunn’s lap like that.

 

[BobJM]

If that’s the case & Batman’s not in it, bummer. Not the end-of-the-world, but I’m looking forward whichever CBM franchise gives us a villain-led film where the hero actually appears onscreen as second lead.

 

[emielaen]

Flanagan could've just written a story with Batman in it though, minimally or not.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Flanagan could've just written a story with Batman in it though, minimally or not.

Or its a focus of the current rewrites.

 

[BobJM]

Flanagan could've just written a story with Batman in it though, minimally or not.

Or its a focus of the current rewrites.

Fingers crossed

 

[emielaen]

Maybe. They're apparently pretty minimal though so idk if they'd be adding a whole new character/subplot.

 

[BobJM]

Depending on how closely this is following the BTAS episodes, I’ll be curious who they go after for Roland Daggett.

Walton Goggins could work as Daggett

 

[Pennywise]

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[Sawyer]

Have to imagine we’ll be getting additional casting any second now.

 

[J.Drangal]

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There's some Bowie vibes in that face. That's a plus for me.
I don't know how it connects to Clayface, some would say he was a shapeshifter too.
But yeah, that's a plus. I like that face.

 

[Pennywise]

EXCLUSIVE: What We Know About DC Studios’ ‘Clayface’

DC Studios’ Clayface is set to be the third feature film as part of the DC Universe. Described as an R-rated body horror, it’s set to explore the origins of the monstrous, shapeshifting Batman rogue.

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to the episode, the character of Clayface in the film will be named Matt Hagen as amalgamation of Hagen with Basil Karlo’s backstory.



Sources tell Nexus Point News that Hagen is a handsome, up and coming actor who’s attacked and disfigured. Originally from Gotham, he moves to Hollywood to escape his troubled past and begin a career as an actor. With his disfigurement, his career and outlet as an actor is ruined and is eventually transformed into a shapeshifting monster.

Hagen’s love interest and co-star in the film is scientist, Dr. Caitlin Bates, an original character created for the film. Bates is the CEO of a biotech startup seeking to create cutting edge medicine and medical technology. Bates sees Hagen as a way to grow her company and cure his condition. Throughout the process she falls in love with him while her fiance John grows suspicious of their relationship. John is a detective and committed to Caitlin and his job. The antagonist of the film is set to be a crime boss, who like Caitlin and John, is another original character. At the moment, the film is not set to feature any recognizable DC characters and will primarily consist of original characters in this character driven horror film.

 

[donuts]

Thought so that they were gonna base it off One Bad Day: Clayface, which is set in Hollywood. I'm sure Mike Flanagan put in lots of nods to Feat of Clay, too.

And it's for the best for a standalone movie IMO. Hagen is an actor from Gotham who moves to LA to make it big. I'm sure he's gonna find his way back to Gotham City eventually.

 

[donuts]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is mostly set in Los Angeles.

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