CLAYFACE Director Explains How Mike Flanagan's Original Vision Was Changed and Why Matt Hagen Isn't an Anti-Hero

Clayface Introduces The DCU's Gotham City And There's One Glaring Issue

Clayface offers our first proper look at the DCU's take on Gotham City, but its bland, generic streets lack the personality that made previous big-screen versions so memorable.

Clayface Following Lanterns' Blueprint Is The Right Move For James Gunn's DCU

Clayface arrives this week in the wake of Lanterns, the HBO series which became a huge success for the DCU. Clayface’s approach to its source material is similar to how Lanterns presented its story, which might be the way forward in James Gunn‘s DC Universe. Clayface is part of the DCU, and Gunn has mentioned […] The post Clayface Following Lanterns’ Blueprint Is The Right Move For James Gunn’s DCU appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Traile…

DC’s ‘Clayface’ Is Missing The One Character Gotham Needs

DC Studios is taking a surprisingly unusual approach to ‘Clayface’, an upcoming DCU movie centered on one of Batman’s most disturbing enemies. Although the film is set in Gotham City, early reports from someone who reportedly saw the movie suggest that Batman, Bruce Wayne, and even the iconic Bat-Signal are nowhere to be found. That […]

‘Clayface’ Introduces DC Studios’ Gotham City — but Director James Watkins Never Felt Pressure to Set Up Future Films

“Clayface” represents quite a few milestones for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s tenure running DC Studios. An R-rated horror movie about a minor Batman villain, the film is the first true test of their thesis that DC Comics mythology is diverse and complex enough to support a wide range of films in completely different genres. Its creative team has some serious horror bona fides: the film was pitched by Mike Flanagan, who wrote the original scrip…

CLAYFACE Director Explains How Mike Flanagan's Original Vision Was Changed and Why Matt Hagen Isn't an Anti-Hero

Clayface started as a passion project for Mike Flanagan, one of the best horror filmmakers working today, but the movie went through some changes after James Watkins took over directing duties. Now, Watkins is opening up about how the original script evolved and clearing up whether Tom Rhys Harries' Matt Hagen is actually a villain or something closer to an anti-hero.Flanagan originally developed Clayface with the possibility of directing it him…