Mike Flanagan’s CLAYFACE movie gets the official green light at DC Studios

A couple of weeks ago this was reported Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass) had completed the script for a Clayface film and that it would be shot in the spring of next year.

Well, we’ve now learned that DC Studios has officially greenlit the project and it will go into production next year.

Flanagan only wrote the screenplay for the film and, unfortunately, will not direct the film as he would be working on his own Exorcist movie. So, DC Studios is now looking for a director.

Flanagan previously said he would be “really excited to do a stand-alone Clayface horror/thriller/tragedy movie.” He later shared that he actually pitched that film to Warner Bros., saying, “They didn’t sign on to that. Although I’m ready to leave at any time.”

In another interview Flanagan talked about his initial meeting with the studio about Clayface being a horror movie, and that wasn’t the only DC movie they talked about. He said:

“I went to Warner Bros. to have the DC meeting. It was a general meeting with [producer] Jon Berg talking about if there was something in the DC Universe that I could be good for… I really want it[ed] do Clayface.

“I came in and said, ‘You know, if you want to do something DC with horror leanings, guys, I have a great take on Clayface. I’d love to do that movie.’”

“And then if not, I wanted to talk about Scarecrow and Justice League Dark and Constantine. And I kind of threw it all out there and then said, “As a kid, I dressed up as Superman, because that was my hero – Christopher Reeve’s Superman was my hero.” And the meeting went nowhere. [Berg] I didn’t really get the hang of any of that stuff.

In the comics, Clayface’s real name is Basil Karlo, an actor who, after discovering that a remake of one of his classic horror films was being made, went mad and began killing the cast and crew, wearing the mask of movie villain Clayface, until he was stopped. of Batman.

Initially having no superpowers, Karlo joined a group of other “Clayfaces” and stole their combined powers, allowing him to transform into any form he desired.

In Batman: The Animated Seriesmy favorite version of Clayface, was called Matt Hagen, an actor who worked for Imperial Pictures, once called “The Man of Millions of Faces”, but was disfigured in a terrible car accident.

While convalescing in a burn clinic, he was approached by corrupt industrialist Roland Daggett, who made him a test subject for a compound called “Renuyu” which he claimed would immediately restore his youthful good looks.

In payment, Hagen illegally impersonated people for Daggett. Hagen greatly resented this, but was forced to comply, as the chemical Renuyu was extremely addictive and Daggett was the sole producer.

It will be interesting to see what Flanagan’s interpretation of the character will be in the DCU.

Source: variety