Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries has formally landed the lead position in Clayface, the upcoming DC Studios undertaking based mostly on certainly one of Batman’s most iconic and tragic villains. Based on TheWrap, Harries will play the titular shape-shifting character for DC.
The Clayface film will probably be directed by James Watkins, identified for his work on the 2023 remake of Converse No Evil. The newest model of the script was penned by Hossein Amini, the acclaimed screenwriter behind Drive. Horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan, initially connected to the undertaking, wrote an earlier draft, however is not concerned within the manufacturing.
The Batman helmer Matt Reeves is producing Clayface alongside Lynn Harris. The undertaking is anticipated to start filming this fall in the UK, with the studio positioning it as a key entry in its increasing Elseworlds slate — a label reserved for DC tales set outdoors the primary continuity.
Rhys Harries is greatest identified for his latest efficiency in The Return, the place he starred reverse Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. His previous credit additionally embrace the motion thriller Kandahar and Man Ritchie’s The Gents, the place he performed a younger and unstable enforcer.
The primary particulars in regards to the Clayface film
First launched in 1940, Clayface has been portrayed in numerous types throughout DC media, typically depicted as a shapeshifting villain able to molding his look into anybody or something. Based on earlier stories, Clayface is budgeted at $40 million and can middle on a B-movie actor who injects himself with an experimental substance to remain related. Nevertheless, the process goes horribly fallacious, turning him right into a grotesque, ever-changing creature manufactured from residing clay.
Throughout a DC Studios presentation earlier this 12 months, DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran supplied the primary main particulars in regards to the Clayface film. Safran described the movie as “a tremendous physique horror movie that reveals a compelling origin of a traditional Batman villain,” promising one thing extra terrifying and emotionally wealthy than audiences may anticipate from a lesser-known character.
Keep tuned for the newest information concerning the Clayface film and the way forward for the DC Universe.
