Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Pitches 'Clayface' Movie Idea To Warner Bros. DC

Deadline is reporting that Doctor Sleep filmmaker Mike Flanagan and his Intrepid Pictures partner Trevor Macy had a meeting with DC Bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran to pitch a feature version of the DC supervillain Clayface.

No word if the studio has given the green light or if the studio said 'No,' but if the studio agrees to the project then Clayface wouldn’t be a bad guy. Sources are stating that Clayface is an addition to Matt Reeves’ The Batman 2, and it waits to be seen if Clayface has any connection between The Batman 2 and Gunn and Safran’s feature and series sprawling DC’s Gods and Monsters – Chapter One.

The character was introduced as part of Detective Comics #40 in June of 1940. The original Clayface was a moderately successful actor who adopted the identity of a character he’d portrayed in a horror pic after turning to crime. He’s a frequent adversary of Batman with a body seemingly made out of clay who has appeared over the years in numerous types of Batman media. Clayface materialized again in the 1970s, which evolved the character into a scientist with hormone irregularities.

Well I've wanted to do a Superman movie since I was a kid, but I would also be really keen to do a standalone Clayface movie as a horror/thriller/tragedy. https://t.co/68nZFLOGLT

— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) January 8, 2021

Flanagan later followed up with a tweet saying the Clayface news was entirely speculative.

Re: CLAYFACE - the news today is entirely speculative. When or if something like that ever becomes real, I promise I'll tell you guys. :)

— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) March 29, 2023