Horror author and director Mike Flanagan simply revealed some thrilling particulars about his imaginative and prescient for DC Studios’ upcoming Clayface film. Though his script is being rewritten and the undertaking is out of his fingers, Flanagan bought followers excited by revealing his foremost affect whereas writing – the two-part episode Feat of Clay from the beloved animated present Batman: The Animated Collection.
“After all it was. I imply that’s the good [story],” Flanagan informed ComicBook when requested about his inspirations. “Feat of Clay, Ron Perlman, to me, that is it. That two-parter knocked me out. The brief reply is that’s completely what impressed my script. That’s the world I wished to reside in. Batman: The Animated Collection after I was rising up was my Batman. As a lot as [Michael] Keaton was my Batman, The Animated Collection actually was my Batman.”
Feat of Clay is a two-part story included in season 1 of Batman: The Animated Collection (episodes 4 and 5) in 1992, and follows the origins of Clayface. First featured within the DC comics in June 1940, the story follows actor Matt Hagen as he turns to a lifetime of crime after struggling a tragic accident and taking up the persona of considered one of his horror roles by way of an experiment. He’s constituted of an odd, clay-like substance.
Finest recognized for his work in hit collection like The Haunting of Hill Home and Midnight Mass, Flanagan’s model of Clayface was stated to be leaning extra into the character’s horror facets, however it’s onerous to say at this level how a lot of that may stay. “I do not know what they’re doing with Clayface,” he clarified.
“I am not directing it, and that filmmaker might want to make it their very own,” Flanagan continued, “I do know that they are doing work on the script. I am off doing different issues now, I actually hope it stays true to the spirit of what I wished it to be. However it’s not my film, so I will be within the viewers with you, anxious to see the way it comes out.”
Final month, DC Studios introduced that Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini can be rewriting Flanagan’s script, which got here as a shock since followers had been excited to have horror legend Flanagan writing the script after he pitched the concept by way of Twitter manner again in 2023. The movie remains to be scheduled to start manufacturing in October within the UK.
Clayface is ready to be launched on September 11, 2026, as a part of DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. For extra, see our information on the way to watch DC films so as, or sustain with upcoming DC films and exhibits.
