DC Studios is diving deep into the horror style with its upcoming Clayface film, promising a terrifying origin story for the traditional Batman villain.
Throughout a current presentation, DC Studios co-head Peter Safran revealed that cameras will roll on Clayface this summer season, with Communicate No Evil helmer James Watkins at the moment in talks to direct from a screenplay by horror grasp Mike Flanagan. “That is a tremendous physique horror movie that reveals a compelling origin of a traditional Batman villain,” Safran teased.
Safran doesn’t consider Clayface’s relative obscurity will hinder the influence of the film. “Clayface is just not as extensively often known as Penguin or Joker, however we expect his story is equally resonant and thrilling and, frankly, much more terrifying,” he said in entrance of a gaggle of journalists.
Mike Flanagan’s Clayface script made the undertaking occur
DC’s James Gunn echoed Safran’s enthusiasm whereas discussing the origin of the Clayface film. “We had no plans on making a Clayface film,” the filmmaker admitted. “Mike got here in and he pitched the Clayface film, and it was nice.” He famous that whereas having a gifted filmmaker like Flanagan will increase the probabilities of script, it’s not a assured success.
First launched in 1940, Clayface has been portrayed in varied varieties throughout DC media, usually depicted as a shapeshifting villain able to molding his look into anybody or something. In line with earlier reviews, Clayface is budgeted at $40 million and can middle on a B-movie actor who injects himself with an experimental substance to remain related. Nonetheless, the process goes horribly mistaken, turning him right into a grotesque, ever-changing creature fabricated from dwelling clay.
For Gunn and Safran, the undertaking represents a ardour undertaking. “James and I like horror motion pictures,” Safran mentioned. “So the chance to make a horror film for DC was form of like a present.”
With Alan Tudyk at the moment voicing Clayface within the animated sequence Harley Quinn and Creature Commandos, hypothesis arose about his potential live-action casting. When instantly requested if Tudyk would play Clayface, Gunn was clear: “You bought to ask your self, is that the identical Clayface? No, he’s not going to play — Alan is just not the star of the film.”
Keep tuned for the most recent information concerning the Clayface film and the way forward for the DC Universe.
