DC Studios' Clayface is set for release on October 30, with James Watkins directing and Tom Rhys Harries starring as Matt Hagen. The film's Gotham was built from real Liverpool streets, and the title creature remains hidden until release.
DC Studios' Clayface is a film directed by James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen. It opens October 30. Watkins has described the project in remote interviews, and the two stories that make up current coverage are both from those interviews.
The most concrete production detail is that Gotham City was built with production designer James Price using real Liverpool streets rather than heavy VFX. Watkins described the city as corrupt and lit with tungsten and sodium-orange light by cinematographer Rob Hardy, with DC Easter eggs hidden in restaurant names, signage and facility names. Separate from the physical production, Watkins cited Tetsuo and Godzilla Minus One as influences. He named David Cronenberg's The Fly as a model for the transformation story. The film stars Harries as an actor whose face is ruined and who turns to a forbidden mud-based treatment.
Watkins framed the film around practical effects and emotional realism rather than jump scares. That approach is the case he is making for an R-rated DC psychological thriller whose title creature stays hidden until release.
What is settled: the director, the lead actor and the October 30 release date. What is not yet established in these stories: the wider cast, the rating confirmation, or how the film connects to the broader DC slate beyond the Gotham design Watkins described.
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James Watkins, director of DC Studios' Clayface, said in a remote interview that the film's Gotham City was built with production designer James Price using real Liverpool streets rather than heavy VFX. Watkins described a corrupt city lit with tungsten and sodium-orange light by cinematographer Rob Hardy, with DC Easter eggs hidden in restaurant names, signage and facility names. Matt Hagen is played by Tom Rhys Harries. The film opens October 30.
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James Watkins, director of DC Studios' Clayface, said in a remote interview that Tetsuo and Godzilla Minus One shaped the film. He named David Cronenberg's The Fly as a model for the transformation story. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as an actor whose face is ruined and who turns to a forbidden mud-based treatment. It opens in Japan on October 30.