Mike Flanagan Is Writing A Clayface Movie For Dc Studios

The DC Comics characteristic Clayface has been getting plentifulness of play connected Max’s Harley Quinn series, wherever he’s voiced by Alan Tudyk. But it’s looking for illustration nan shape-shifting villain’s adjacent enactment will return him to nan ample screen.

Variety reports that The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan has signed connected to represent a caller Clayface characteristic for DC Studios that will beryllium produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris’ institution 6th & Idaho. Currently, location are nary specifications astir who will nonstop nan project, but Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly intends for it to statesman filming immoderate clip adjacent year.

WBD fast-tracking a movie astir 1 of Batman’s goopier rogues mightiness sound overseas astatine first blush, but it makes alternatively a spot of consciousness coming aft DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn’s uncover of his strategy to build a caller cinematic universe. Gunn explained past twelvemonth that DC Studios is “going to personification characters move into animation [and] retired of animation; usually having nan aforesaid characteristic play their sound arsenic who plays them successful live-action.” 

We’ve already seen a spot of that borne retired successful Creature Commandos wherever Viola Davis has reprised her domiciled arsenic Amanda Waller and Frank Grillo is voicing Rick Flagg Sr. up of portraying nan aforesaid domiciled successful Peacemaker’s upcoming 2nd season. Though Clayface hasn’t appeared successful Creature Commandos conscionable yet, nan characteristic (who will erstwhile again by voiced by Tudyk) is group to spell information of nan show immoderate clip immoderate clip this season.

Because Tudyk too voices Creature Commandos’ Doctor Phosphorous and Will Magnus, it’s not clear yet whether WBD intends for him to correspond Clayface is nan caller feature. But that mightiness not upwind up being an rumor fixed really Creature Commandos kinda feels for illustration a show designed to termination disconnected and hit done DC’s weirder characters.