For all the plans DC Studios has set into motion this year, we’ve been hearing the most about Clayface. The film, which will serve as an origin story to one of Batman’s oldest villains, came together in a hurry. According to DC’s creative co-chairs, James Gunn and Peter Safran, there were no plans to make a Clayface movie until a script by Mike Flanagan landed on their desks. From there, it’s been full speed ahead: while Matt Reeves’ The Batman II languishes in pre-production and Gunn and Safran labor to develop other projects, Clayface is set to shoot this summer and premiere next September.
To say nothing of the film’s confusing place in the DC Universe (is it part of Gunn’s DCU, or Matt Reeves’ Epic Crime Saga?), it’s comforting to know that Gunn and Safran believe in this project. The last update about Clayface involved reports of rewrites, leading some to worry that Flanagan’s script would be stripped of everything that made it interesting. Fortunately, Gunn recently took to Threads to assure fans that nothing major would change. “Any changes as the shooting script is finalized are minor,” he explained. “It’s all Mike’s story. That’s why we’re making this movie, because we loved it.”
