Nothing sounds like a better plan for later this year than bringing the threats and thrills of the Halloween season into James Watkins’ upcoming DCU movie Clayface, which looks like it’ll be the freakiest DC-sourced fare since Danny DeVito’s Penguin kingdom in Batman Returns. (Mr. Freeze’s puns in Batman and Robin run a close third.) The first teaser hit the Internet this week, sparking my theories about a slightly altered origin story for the Batman rogue. But it didn’t clear up when exactly this story is taking place.
Previously, DCU co-boss James Gunn confirmed that Clayface would be set before the events showcased in Superman and its impending sequel Man of Tomorrow, but that’s about all the context he provided for the body-horror film’s time setting. The teaser does feature a pretty specific clue or two that help lock down a tighter window, but Warner Bros.released some nifty promo imagery with a couple of comic book references that seemingly muddy things up even more.
