{"id":624543,"date":"2026-04-22T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624543\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:30:18","slug":"clayface-trailer-sees-dc-studios-go-body-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624543\/","title":{"rendered":"Clayface Trailer Sees DC Studios Go Body Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s face it: being Superman would be kinda cool (even though Kal-El was really going through it in James Gunn\u2019s Superman<\/a>). And even Supergirl has a lot going for her, despite the upcoming Supergirl seeming to put her in emotion-fuelled revenge mode<\/a>. But the next film from DC Studios follows a character with a much less enviable power-set: being Clayface, surely, can\u2019t be much fun. So it seems in the Clayface teaser, a brief look at the next DC movie, taking Gunn\u2019s comic book universe in a horror direction. Watch the teaser here:<\/p>\n

Taking the Batman baddie as its basis, Clayface follows actor Matt Hagen \u2013 played by rising Welsh star Tom Rhys Harries<\/a> \u2013 who finds himself undergoing some\u2026 changes. Face-melting, clay-fleshed changes. Like we said: not fun. While it might not be an obvious next move for the DCU, the film comes from some serious talent: the screenplay comes from Mike Flanagan, as well as Hossein Amini, with director James Watkins<\/a> (Eden Lake, the surprisingly great Speak No Evil remake) behind the camera. Plus, it also stars the very talented Naomi Ackie, Max Minghells, and Eddie Marsan. So far, so good.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what Clayface will bring to Gunn\u2019s wider universe (you\u2019re unlikely to see Batman here, we\u2019d say), but even if it\u2019s somewhat standalone, it could be a nice Halloween treat \u2013 set to arrive in cinemas on October 23. Start prepping your Clayface trick-or-treat costume now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s face it: being Superman would be kinda cool (even though Kal-El was really going through it in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-624543","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-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624543","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=624543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}