{"id":414824,"date":"2026-04-24T07:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414824\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:35:15","slug":"james-gunn-seemingly-confirms-big-connection-between-clayface-and-creature-commandos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414824\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Seemingly Confirms Big Connection Between Clayface and Creature Commandos"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Gunn<\/a> has seemingly confirmed a major connection between Clayface<\/a> and Creature Commandos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DC Studios<\/a> and Warner Bros. Pictures<\/a>\u2019 Clayface will be released in United States theaters later this year. Co-written by Mike Flanagan and directed by James Watkins<\/a>, the movie will see Tom Rhys Harries<\/a> play the titular Batman<\/a> villain.<\/p>\n

What is the update on Clayface\u2019s connection to Creature Commandos?<\/p>\n

Clayface shows up in Creature Commandos, the animated series that officially kicked off Gunn and Peter Safran\u2019s DCU<\/a> when it premiered in 2024. Many fans have wondered if the Clayface that was featured in Creature Commandos is the same character as the one who will be the focus of Clayface, or if they\u2019ll be two different versions of the character that inhabit the DCU.<\/p>\n

As noted on Twitter<\/a> by Everything DCU, James Gunn has liked a fan\u2019s comment theorizing that the Clayface in Creature Commandos is indeed the same character featured in Watkins\u2019 movie. This isn\u2019t definitive confirmation that they are indeed the same; it does, however, highly suggest that it is the case.<\/p>\n

Some fans have also wondered how that might work tonally, as Creature Commandos has a very different vibe compared to what we see in the Clayface trailer. Gunn, however, has confirmed that Clayface takes place before all of the DCU projects that have been released thus far, meaning that a large chunk of time likely takes place between the two projects. Gunn has also been open about how different DCU projects will have different tones from one another, despite all being in the same universe.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis for Clayface reads, \u201cDC<\/a> Studios\u2019 first-ever foray into the genre, Clayface\u00a0is a riveting horror thriller from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the Gotham City villain. Clayface unravels one man\u2019s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one\u2019s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clayface arrives on October 23, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn has seemingly confirmed a major connection between Clayface and Creature Commandos. DC Studios and Warner Bros.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[13985,107429,4204,16179,93,61,60,4208,14773,270,14775],"class_list":{"0":"post-414824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-clayface","9":"tag-creature-commandos","10":"tag-dc-studios","11":"tag-dcu","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-james-gunn","16":"tag-james-watkins","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-tom-rhys-harries"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}