{"id":584943,"date":"2026-04-15T03:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584943\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:37:07","slug":"batman-villain-gets-body-horror-origin-story-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584943\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman Villain Gets Body Horror Origin Story Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDC Studios showed off a more villainous side of its superhero universe with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/clayface\/\" id=\"auto-tag_clayface\" data-tag=\"clayface\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clayface<\/a>,\u201d a body horror movie featuring one of Batman\u2019s longtime rogues. The upcoming film, set to release in theaters on Oct. 23, got a first trailer at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cinemacon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cinemacon\" data-tag=\"cinemacon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaCon<\/a>, the annual convention for movie theaters owners underway in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTom Rhys Harries stars as the shape-shifting villain Clayface, whose real name is Matt Hagen. He starts out as a struggling actor whose face is disfigured and then undergoes a scientific transformation that turns his body entirely into clay. The trailer shows Matt sitting in a hospital bed with a bandaged, bloody face. He\u2019s attacked by a knife-wielding assailant and has mysterious chemicals pumped into him, giving him his powers. Matt\u2019s face changes repeatedly, showing him without an eye or mouth at times, and in the final moments he\u2019s sitting in a bathtub and wipes away his entire face. There\u2019s also a shadowy shot of him with a giant, mace-shaped fist, just like how he would pummel Batman in the DC comics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJames Watkins, who last directed the 2024 English remake of the horror movie \u201cSpeak No Evil,\u201d helms the film. The cast also includes Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan and David Dencik.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tClayface first appeared in a 1940 issue of \u201cDetective Comics,\u201d and several people have taken up the moniker to battle Batman across countless comics and several animated shows. He\u2019s appeared in live-action TV on episodes of \u201cGotham,\u201d \u201cPennyworth\u201d and \u201cBirds of Prey,\u201d plus animated shows like \u201cHarley Quinn,\u201d \u201cBatman: The Brave and the Bold,\u201d \u201cYoung Justice,\u201d \u201cBatman: Caped Crusader\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe relaunched DC Universe soared high with last year\u2019s \u201cSuperman,\u201d directed by James Gunn, and will follow that up with this summer\u2019s \u201cSupergirl,\u201d helmed by Craig Gillespie. Next up is the \u201cSuperman\u201d sequel \u201cMan of Tomorrow,\u201d set for July 9, 2027, and Matt Reeves\u2019 \u201cThe Batman: Part II,\u201d coming Oct. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DC Studios showed off a more villainous side of its superhero universe with \u201cClayface,\u201d a body horror movie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[232746,18085,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-584943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cinemacon","9":"tag-clayface","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}