{"id":465046,"date":"2026-02-07T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465046\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:29:09","slug":"dc-horror-movie-clayface-moves-theatrical-release-closer-to-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465046\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Horror Movie &#8216;Clayface&#8217; Moves Theatrical Release Closer to Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DC is moving into body horror territory with upcoming comic book horror movie Clayface, which had been set for theatrical release via Warner Bros. on September 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Clayface will now release in theaters on October 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>James Watkins\u00a0(The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil) will direct from a script by\u00a0Mike Flanagan\u00a0(\u201cThe Haunting of Hill House,\u201d Doctor Sleep) and\u00a0Hossein Amini\u00a0(Drive).<\/p>\n<p>The project is being compared to David Cronenberg\u2019s\u00a0The Fly.<\/p>\n<p>The story centers on an actor who injects himself with a substance to remain relevant, only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay.<\/p>\n<p>Max Minghella\u00a0(Spiral: From the Book of Saw), Tom Rhys Harries\u00a0(The Gentlemen) and\u00a0Naomi Ackie\u00a0(Blink Twice) star. Rhys Harries will be playing the movie\u2019s title character.<\/p>\n<p>James Gunn\u2019s\u00a0DC Studios co-CEO\u00a0Peter Safran\u00a0previously called\u00a0Clayface\u00a0\u201can incredible body horror film that reveals a compelling origin of a classic Batman villain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3756551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3756550\/mike-flanagan-comments-on-clayface-rumors-will-we-see-the-dc-character-on-the-big-screen\/attachment\/clayface\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clayface.jpg?fit=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"clayface\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clayface.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clayface.jpg?fit=740%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3756551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/clayface.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"423\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DC is moving into body horror territory with upcoming comic book horror movie Clayface, which had been set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,8862,134,5605,144861,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-465046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-clayface","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-james-gunn","13":"tag-mike-flanagan","14":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}