Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries has formally landed the lead function in Clayface, the upcoming DC Studios venture based mostly on one in all Batman’s most iconic and tragic villains. In accordance with TheWrap, Harries will play the titular shape-shifting character for DC.
The Clayface film will likely be directed by James Watkins, identified for his work on the 2023 remake of Converse No Evil. The newest model of the script was penned by Hossein Amini, the acclaimed screenwriter behind Drive. Horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan, initially hooked up to the venture, wrote an earlier draft, however is not concerned within the manufacturing.
The Batman helmer Matt Reeves is producing Clayface alongside Lynn Harris. The venture is predicted to start filming this fall in the UK, with the studio positioning it as a key entry in its increasing Elseworlds slate — a label reserved for DC tales set exterior the primary continuity.
Rhys Harries is finest identified for his current efficiency in The Return, the place he starred reverse Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. His previous credit additionally embody the motion thriller Kandahar and Man Ritchie’s The Gents, the place he performed a younger and unstable enforcer.
The primary particulars in regards to the Clayface film
First launched in 1940, Clayface has been portrayed in numerous types throughout DC media, usually depicted as a shapeshifting villain able to molding his look into anybody or something. In accordance with earlier studies, Clayface is budgeted at $40 million and can middle on a B-movie actor who injects himself with an experimental substance to remain related. Nonetheless, the process goes horribly mistaken, turning him right into a grotesque, ever-changing creature made from dwelling clay.
Throughout a DC Studios presentation earlier this yr, DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran supplied the primary main particulars in regards to the Clayface film. Safran described the movie as “an incredible physique horror movie that reveals a compelling origin of a traditional Batman villain,” promising one thing extra terrifying and emotionally wealthy than audiences would possibly count on from a lesser-known character.
Keep tuned for the newest information concerning the Clayface film and the way forward for the DC Universe.
