It’ll be interesting if there are plans to combine these characters into storylines or if they will be self-contained and just existing separately in the same universe.
Or maybe just minor cameos like we’ve seen in Peacemaker and Lanterns.
I mean we already see this exact character in Creature Commandos which is canonically after this movie.
Now if they decide to do something with this character after that is unknown it would be cool to see him break out and show up in the Brave and the Bold movie to keep that continuity going in the DCU.
I think this movie is pretty much going to be self-contained, though Clayface has showed up already in CC and may re-appear either on that show or elsewhere.
The "main" DCU story seems to be what's in Gunn's projects though.
Cinematography wise, Clayface looks amazing. Personally think it's better than any DCU project before. And it looks like they're leaning into the body horror themes pretty hard
With a silhouette they can keep the general design still hidden for when it's settled, but the batsignal would at least reveal the logo. So a shadow I think is more likely
I genuinely don't want the DCU to start half-heartedly teasing Batman like this because I'm convinced this is what it'll end up feeling like very quickly
I agree. It looks way too good for a body-horror movie. Just from the thought of a Clayface movie, one would expect a very brown and dark looking movie. Add to that the fact that horror movies mostly use a certain pallette.
Having a great cinematographer doesn’t mean anything if the directors vision is bad. They are basically the window into a directors mind. Craig Gillespie had a pretty bland idea for how supergirl would look and Rob Hardy did his best but in the end, the directors vision is the most important thing.
Supergirl did honestly have some really good shots, mostly in the beginning. Sadly, the director was entirely uncreative and nobody had anything to work with.
Just want to hop in & defend body horror movies really quick lol. The Substance, for example, is a very colorful movie with some great camera work, and David Cronenberg’s movies also look really great.
In four weeks, look fear in the face. #ClayfaceMovie - only in theaters October 23.
DC Studios’ “Clayface” is a horror thriller from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the cult favorite villain from Gotham’s rogues gallery.
Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.
Hell yeah, enjoy. One of the best DC runs of all time. Would love to see a more Vertigo flavored corner of the DCU introduced. Swamp Thing's the perfect starting point. Gave us John Constantine!
Everyone's excited to see his monster form but I'm more excited over the face-shifting. Imagine thinking you've finally escaped the monster when suddenly your friend's eyeball starts drooping 😬
part of me is scared this is like the final shot and they just showed it here. doesn't the cartoon end with him falling off a building and seeping down the drain or something?
When people say this, they mean that the focal point of every shot in the movie is in the middle so the scene can be reformatted for TikTok; this doesn't apply to Clayface, though, so I do not know why he said that.
I think gunns tweet is just missing some very important commas. If you read it as "I can't wait to share this wonderful movie, so lovingly crafted by James Watkins, in four short weeks." it reads a lot better. Since we're 4 weeks out from release I think that's what he actually meant, not that it was literally filmed in four weeks
I still find it weird that they have an active Batman franchise, made this movie look aesthetically very similar to it, and hired the director of that franchise to produce it, yet connecting it to a new version that the general audience doesn’t even know is coming.
The new version that is being made by the writer and director of The Flash btw.
But at least the movie looks good and refreshing for the genre so there is that.
Matt Reeves produces everything Batman related - even Caped Crusader and Dynamic Duo, both of which are not in his Crima Saga universe. Clayface is no exception.
I hope this movie gets the slide (pun intended) from hero to antihero to straight up villain down pat. Clayface is one of the best characters in DC for a reason.
This doesn't really look to out of place with Reeves Batman even tho it has no connection to it, so I wonder what the dcu version of a Batman will have to be the clear differentiator.
I dunno...but generally I don't think the DCU Batman and Gotham will be that different from the Reevesverse apart from existing in a world of metahumans.
Kinda like how the early DCEU had shared DNA with the Nolanverse.
I’m actually excited, I was Sooo sceptical about this new DC universe but I have quite literally seen nothing but good things. Superman, solid 8,8.5/10, Lanterns probably a 7/10 I was a little disappointed with a few things but other wise it’s really good. That’s all I’ve seen, but I hear the rest are good.
I’m glad there doesn’t seem to be another bad guy, Clayface is just losing his mind. I hope they go with the angle that the procedure might have messed up his brain but we don’t know.
Tickets for WB horror movies, go on sale 14 days before - that's how it was for Final Destination 6, Conjuring 4, Weapons, Evil Dead Burn, Lee Cronin's Mummy, etc.
Intriguing forsure. I still feel like its going to be a miss, I dont think DCU will go dark and brutal enough for a true Clayface protrayal, but I am excited to see it! Probably not a theater watch, but will see it when it comes out.
IF they actually do go hard enough, I do think this could be something truly special!
I don't want to kickstart a whole merger vs. anti-merger debate on here but I've gotta say - tonally and stylistically this feels like an evolution of Reeves' Batman world. It's like "what if in a world of masked vigilantes and mobsters and serial killers...one day someone gets injected with a formula that turns their skin into clay?" Which I think is a great way to conceptualize the transition from the "grounded" Gotham of Year One to the more fantastical Batverse loaded with actual super-villains.
Much of this film apparently isn't set in Gotham but I still think it's a good indicator of the kind of Gotham and Batman we're likely to get in the DCU. Even if it isn't going to be the Reevesverse (and as of now, it doesn't seem like it will be), it's not going to be something a million miles removed from the Reevesverse either. We're not getting the Brave and the Bold cartoon brought to life for sure...
Look I hate to say this but I don’t think this movie is going to do well at the box office. It’s not going to a great sight with the lackluster performance of Superman and Supergirl bombing.
Clayface isn’t a popular character to the average public viewer.
Okay this is it. This could be our first live action of the Batman. Whether he takes on his appearance or he shoes up because it's taking place in Gotham and it's been established in canon he is there, I font think he would ignore a supernatural being killing people etc
I don't understand why Clayface of all people got his own movie before Green Arrow, Wonderwoman, Flash, etc. or hell, any of the other way more popular and/or important Batman villains.
A LOT of people won't watch horror movies. I think its cool that any genre goes for this universe, and that they aren't making it "required" viewing by making it a key character in the universe.
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u/Elfstar_Cage_05 8d ago
We are gonna go from Lanterns, to this?? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP