DC Studios has reportedly given the go-ahead to a Clayface film based mostly on a script by horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan.
Clayface is certainly one of Batman’s oldest foes. The first iteration of the character, Basil Karlo, first appeared in Detective Comics #40 (1940). There have been quite a few variations of Clayface; the unique, re-emergent, and supreme incarnation, is a failed actor named Basil Karlo.
Variety studies that the greenlight was awarded following the success of HBO’s The Penguin TV present, with filming set to kick off early 2025. The Batman director Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris will produce by way of their sixth & Idaho Productions.
Mike Flanagan, who created Netflix horror exhibits The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and The Fall of the House of Usher, mentioned in 2021 that he needed to make a Clayface film as a “horror/thriller/tragedy,” however attributable to different commitments (The Exorcist, Carrie) DC Studios wants a director for the undertaking.
Deadline has reported that Flanagan’s Clayface is just not a villain and is a “massive addition” to Reeves’ upcoming The Batman 2, nevertheless it’s not clear if this model of the character connects the Batman Epic Crime Saga to DC’s Gods and Monsters – Chapter One.
Firefly star Alan Tudyk voices Clayface in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU opener Creature Commandos, and possibly even in subsequent 12 months’s Superman film. Gunn has already mentioned he desires DCU actors enjoying the identical roles throughout a number of tasks (Clayface can form shift his look to anybody.)
Superman in any other case stars David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, María Gabriela as The Engineer, and extra.
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