At long last, here’s the first look at the upcoming CLAYFACE movie.
C Studios’ first-ever foray into the genre, CLAYFACE is a horror thriller from director James Watkins (The Woman in Black (2012), and Speak No Evil (2024), starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the Gotham City villain.
CLAYFACE unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.
The first Clayface, Basil Karlo, made his debut in Detective Comics #40 in June 1940. He was created as a villain for Batman. Matt Hagen (The Shapeshifter) first appeared in Detective Comics #298 (December 1961). He was the first to have the famous shapeshifting powers after falling into a pool of protoplasm.
The film also stars Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella and Eddie Marsan, as well as Nancy Carroll and Joshua James. James Watkins directs from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, story by Flanagan, based on characters from DC. The film is produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn and Peter Safran, with Michael E. Uslan, Rafi Crohn, Paul Ritchie, Chantal Nong Vo and Lars P. Winther executive producing.
Watkins’ creative team includes director of photography Rob Hardy, production designer James Price, editor Jon Harris, visual effects supervisor Angus Bickerton, costume designer Keith Madden, and casting director Lucy Bevan.
DC Studios Presents, in association with Domain Entertainment, a 6th & Idaho Production, a James Watkins Film, “Clayface.” The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and released only in theaters in North America on October 23, 2026, and internationally beginning 21 October 2026.
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Caption: TOM RHYS HARRIES as Clayface in DC Studios’ “Clayface,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Release.
