Hossein Amini has been introduced on board to rewrite the script for Clayface, the upcoming DC Studios movie based mostly on the enduring Batman villain, in response to a brand new report from TheWrap. Amini is greatest identified for his work on the Ryan Gosling thriller Drive, in addition to different screenplays like The Two Faces of January and Snow White and the Huntsman.
The earlier model of the Clayface script was penned by horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan. James Watkins, who just lately directed the remake of Communicate No Evil for Common, continues to be hooked up to direct the venture. Clayface is anticipated to lean closely into physique horror, impressed by the character’s tragic transformation and shape-shifting skills.
Manufacturing is about to start in October within the UK, with Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris producing. The venture is a part of the broader DC Universe relaunch beneath co-chairs James Gunn and Peter Safran.
What We Know About The Clayface Film
First launched in 1940, Clayface has been portrayed in numerous types throughout DC media, usually depicted as a shapeshifting villain able to molding his look into anybody or something. In accordance with 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 incorrect, turning him right into a grotesque, ever-changing creature made from residing clay.
For Gunn and Safran, the venture represents a ardour venture. “James and I really like horror films,” Safran mentioned at a latest DC Studios presentation. “So the chance to make a horror film for DC was type of like a present.”
With Alan Tudyk presently voicing Clayface within the animated collection Harley Quinn and Creature Commandos, hypothesis arose about his potential live-action casting. When straight requested if Tudyk would play Clayface, Gunn was clear: “You bought to ask your self, is that the identical Clayface? No, he’s not going to play — Alan shouldn’t be the star of the film.”
Keep tuned for the newest information concerning the Clayface film and the way forward for the DC Universe.
