{"id":875031,"date":"2026-10-08T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875031\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:36:08","slug":"james-gunn-responds-to-clayface-critique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875031\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Responds to ‘Clayface’ Critique"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJames Gunn<\/a> has an answer to the question of \u201cwho tf asked for a Clayface<\/a> movie,\u201d posed by a commenter on the DC Studios head\u2019s Threads account earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWho tf asked for Back to the Future? Casablanca? There\u2019s Something About Mary? Pan\u2019s Labyrinth? Fury Road? Weapons? The Matrix?\u201d Gunn fired back on the platform<\/a>. (The user\u2019s original comment has since been deleted.) \u201cAlthough it may seem like it, Hollywood isn\u2019t a place where the only way to make a movie is the public voting on what IP they want to see that they\u2019ve seen countless times before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe posted again: \u201cSometimes someone \u2014 in this case initially Mike Flanagan and then James Watkins and Hossein Amini \u2014 were inspired by a relatively little-known fictional character and crafted what I believe is a very special story around that character. I\u2019d take that inspiration a thousand times over some writer trying to make a buck by writing a listless screenplay about a majorly popular character he or she has no passion or feel for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the fact that Clayface<\/a> is a considerably nicher choice for a feature film compared to past DC movies like \u201cSupergirl\u201d and \u201cSuperman,\u201d most fans have been eagerly awaiting the premiere of \u201cClayface\u201d since the gory trailer premiered months ago. And while versions of the character have appeared on screen in the years since the comic\u2019s 1940 debut, the film, directed by James Watkins (\u201cSpeak No Evil\u201d), marks the first time audiences will see the shape-shifting villain in a film all of his own.<\/p>\n

\n\tTom Rhys Harries <\/a>plays the titular character, also known as Matt Hagen. \u201cMatt Hagen\u2019s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss\u2019s actions leave him horribly disfigured,\u201d reads the film\u2019s official description. \u201cAbandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting-edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self\u2026 but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.\u201d Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella and Eddie Marsan also star.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cClayface\u201d hits theaters on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn has an answer to the question of \u201cwho tf asked for a Clayface movie,\u201d posed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,18085,88,208],"class_list":["post-875031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-clayface","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875031","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=875031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}