CLAYFACE: Key information
– Diet to arrive in September 2026
– current shooting in various parts of the United Kingdom
– No trailer is yet published
– Tom Harries will play the titular character
– Other members of the apparently confirmed distribution
– Unclear if Batman will appear
– History synopsis to reveal
– will be a horror of the listed body r
– No Intel on future DCU projects that he could set up
ClayThe third film that will arrive as part of James Gunn and the DC universe by Peter Safran (DCU), is in the process of model when we speak.
On September 11, 2026, the first horror film of the DCU will present a wider audience at the Batman villain in shape in his very first autonomous film. Indeed, although it is a familiar face to DC’s comic strip fans, most moviegoers will want an intensive course on which is Clayface and why it obtains a solo film in the DCU before the Dark Knight.
In this guide, I gathered the most recent and most important information on the film to come. This includes more on the character of Clayface, as well as on the expected distribution of the film, the possible details of the story, and more.
Clayface release date
A week from Gotham City to Liverpool now takes control of City Street #clayface #Thebatman #Batman #Liverpool pic.twitter.com/pex28immesjSeptember 6, 2025
As I mentioned at the top, Clay should arrive on September 11, 2026. This launch date was announced as part of a major DCU update delivered by Gunn and Safran in February 2025.
The main photography started in the United Kingdom in September, with cities and cities in northwest England, including Liverpool, Stockport and New Brighton, selected as a stand-in for Gotham City, alias the municipality that Batman operates mainly. This is the second time that Liverpool has been used to replace Gotham, like some of 2022 BatmanWhich is part of the Matt Reeves bat payment which is officially independently of the DCU, has also been filmed in this city.
Clayface Trailer: Is there one?
No. With the cameras that were still rolling on the DCU Chapter One Film, it will take a while before the release of a trailer.
I hope that a teaser will be released in early 2026. San Diego Comic-Con from next year, which takes place three months before Clay Outings in theaters are the most likely place for a complete unveiling of the trailer.
Clayface Cast: What actors are ready to appear?
Night filming from Clayface to St George’s Hall …. @ Livechonews pic.twitter.com/mfvg8oizreSeptember 5, 2025
Possible spoilers follow Clay.
So far, only one actor has been confirmed to appear in Clay. However, three other stars appeared on the set and / or were unofficially added to its casting list:
- Tom Rhys Harries like Matt Hagen / Clayface
- Naomi Ackie as TBC
- Max Minghella as TBC
- Eddie Marsan as TBC
Harries, which some could recognize since 2024 Doctor Who The episode ‘Dot and Bubble’ is the main role of the film. Announcing his hiring in mid-June, Gunn revealed that he and his other co-chief of the studios of DC Peter Safran “were breathtaking” by the hearing of Harries for Claythe role of title.
As for what version of the character Harries plays, it will be Matt Hagen. Appearing for the first time in `Detective Comics # 298 ‘In December 1961, Hagen was the second individual to assume the name and physiology of the Supervillain after Basil Karlo, who made his DC comic debut in’ Detective Comics # 40 ‘in December 1940.
In the source material, Hagen is a treasure hunter who turns into a monstrous shape after having come into contact with a pool of radioactive protoplasm. However, in the DCU, Hagen is an actor who, if we believe the rumors, will undergo an experimental procedure and turns into an individual into clay.
Ackie, who will play a scientist called Caitlin Bates (according to the Hollywood Reporter (THR), could be behind Hagen’s transmutation. Thr also said that Minghella played a police detective appointed John, who becomes involved in an investigation involving Hagen.
Tom Rhys Harries and Eddie Marsan walking on the set of Clayface! pic.twitter.com/3axh7ziddeAugust 31, 2025
Marsan was also seen in the process of drawing scenes in Liverpool. Based on the images downloaded on X / Twitter (see above), it seems that Marsan was seen sporting an identical set of clothes to those worn by Harries, so that it can be one of the human disguises in the form of Hagrisp. However, the initiate of the Apocalyptic Industry Cavalier suggested that Marsan is the manager of Hagen, so the jury is still on the mystery role of Marsan.
Another DC character that fans would like to see, even if it is as a cameo, is Batman. After all, Clayface is a member of the Caped Crusader’s Rogues gallery, so This film looks ideal to officially reveal the iteration of the DCU of Dark Knight.
However, while the Batman of the DCU was teased in other projects, including episode 6 of Creature commandos2025 Superman Film and episode 1 of Peacemaker Season 2, an actor has not yet been hired to play Bruce Wayne and his alter ego vigilante. So, unless Batman appears only in the form of a silhouette, which he did Creature commandos Episode 6, it is incredibly unlikely that it is involved.
Speculation on the history of Clayface
An exciting news from @DCOFFICIAL Studios today while #CLAYFACE, a story of a script by Mike Flanagan, has been officially Greenlit. Clayface will be presented in 2026.December 13, 2024
Potential spoilers follow Clay.
There is very little public information on ClayThe intrigue, but there are details based on the story floating on the web.
To start, addressing Gizmodo last December, Gunn said he hadn’t planned to do a Clay Movie “, but the scenario of the horror author Mike Flanagan was so good that it was quickly put into production. During the same month, Gunn also confirmed (see post X / Twitter above) that the project led by James Watkins is officially part of the DCU, thus ending the speculations that it will exist in the context of Matt Reeves”.
In July 2025, Gunn revealed – via the Podcast DC Studios – that R. It will be 18+ for fans outside the United States. Per Thr’s Heat Vision Newsletter, The Body Horror, whom Safran described as a DC point of view Volley (by Brandon Davis), will be produced in the vein of an independent horror film, with a modest budget of $ 45 million, which helped him obtain a Green-Bloved.
Regarding inspiration, Flanagan told Comicbook.com that the film is inspired by “Feat of Clay”, a favorite story in two parts of the fans involving the nasty holder in the beloved program Batman: the animated series. The Hagen version appears in this party, which probably explains why Hagen, rather than Karlo, was chosen to be the protagonist of this film
For what it’s worth, it is not clear if the Karlo version is the one that appeared in season 1 of Creature commandosThe HBO Max Animated Adult shows that launched the DCU last December, or if it is also Hagen. If it’s the first, there will be two clay caps that run around the DCU. If it is the latter, it is possible Clay can serve as a prequel to the origins and anterior of the Harries Supervillain Creature commandos.
Anyway, it does not seem that this film will directly adapt the story told in “Feat of Clay”. In this double head, Hagen is seriously injured in a car accident and, after being offered an experimental serum by a harmful businessman, Hagen is able to transform into anyone he wants.
According to ThR, however, Hagen will be the victim of a vicious gang attack which leaves him disfigured in this film. The deadline also suggests that Hagen will be more a sympathetic character than his comic strip, therefore Clay Perhaps more a Greek tragedy than a Direct meanness piece.
The back of Clayface should so much to wear as many DCU traditions. pic.twitter.com/mg2tiyktqiSeptember 11, 2025
Finally, as indicated by the X / Twitter publication above, the third DCU offer on the big screen will be full of references and reminders to other characters operating in Gotham and include famous city locations such as the Vesuve club. A disco belonging to the Johnny Sabatino gangster, this place could accommodate a major set-light in the film, especially if Sabatino is the man responsible for the physical mutilation of Hagen.
It will be interesting to see if the rest of these DC comic strip references are only simple Easter eggs, or if we will really meet the individuals they tease, like the Joker, the Grayson family, Le Penguin, Black Canary, Black Mask and Zatanna – the latter being a regular of the Vesuve club. I would be amazed if all or part of these characters present itself, but I was wrong before.
Will Clayface be configured other DCU television films and television programs?
The short answer is: we don’t know. Given the aforementioned references, it is possible that Clay Could lay the foundations for one of the characters above and / or Batman to be introduced into the DCU.
At the time of the initial publication of this article, however, Peacemaker Season 2 has just passed its median point on HBO Max. According to Gunn, PeacemakerThe second season holds the key to his global plan for the first chapter of DCU, otherwise known as “gods and monsters”. So we will have to wait until it ends to see how it will help establish the main story of the “gods and monsters” before we can determine if Clay will have a role in strengthening these plans via its wider association with Batman and Gotham City.
