DC Universe head James Gunn didn’t intend to make a Clayface film, however Mike Flanagan’s pitch and script satisfied him to
Again in 2021, filmmaker Mike Flanagan let it’s recognized on social media that he was excited about making a “standalone horror/thriller/tragedy” film that may middle on the DC Comics character Clayface, who’s often introduced as a villain within the pages of Batman comedian books. Some time after that, he confirmed that he had met with veteran DC film producer Jon Berg to pitch a “horror-leaning” tackle Clayface, in addition to concepts for the DC properties Scarecrow, Justice League Darkish, and Constantine. The assembly “kind of went nowhere.” However then, in March of 2023, Deadline broke the information that Flanagan had scheduled one other Clayface pitch assembly, this time with DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. And final month, it was introduced that Flanagan is formally writing a Clayface film that shall be a part of the DC Universe movie franchise that’s being overseen by Gunn and Safran. Throughout an interview with i09, Gunn admitted that he had no intention of constructing a Clayface film as a part of the DCU… however the mission earned a greenlight as a result of Flanagan’s script is so good.
The primary chapter of DCU movies is being known as “Gods and Monsters” and is anticipated to include the animated collection Creature Commandos (which premiered final month), season 2 of Peacemaker (coming in August), the Gunn-directed Superman movie (coming in July), Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow (coming to theatres in June of 2026), Andy Muschietti’s The Courageous and the Daring, James Mangold’s Swamp Factor, the animated mission Dynamic Duo, and a movie primarily based on the staff referred to as The Authority. There are different tasks in improvement as nicely. Clayface made its manner into the line-up and is about to obtain a theatrical launch on September 11, 2026.
Gunn advised io9, “I didn’t plan on making a Clayface film. Mike got here in. He pitched this glorious concept. I used to be like, ‘Damn, I can’t consider you bought me to need to make a Clayface film.’ However he’s received to put in writing the script and who is aware of how that’s going to work. He goes and he writes the script. First draft is nice. Second draft is even higher. After which I’m like, ‘Let’s do it.’ So we discovered a spot for it as a result of if there’s high quality stuff, we will discover a approach to work it in.“
As for different tasks, Gunn stated, “There are many issues which are getting reported that I haven’t green-lit and I haven’t stated okay to. A few of these are true by way of they’re in improvement, and a few of them aren’t true. [And just] as a result of they’re in improvement, that doesn’t imply I’m going to make that film. There’s a whole lot of issues individuals appear to be relying on that it might be unwise to rely on.“
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