At this point, we're seeing more of Batman's villains than we are Batman.
Variety is reporting that DC Studios has greenlit a feature film based on DC Comics supervillain Clayface. The film's script will be written by Oculus and Doctor Sleep filmmaker Mike Flanagan. Flanagan first pitched DC Studios on a Clayface project in 2023, previously posted on Twitter in 2021 that he was "really keen to do a standalone Clayface movie as a horror/thriller/tragedy."
According to the article, filming on the project is expected to begin early next year. The Batman director and producer Matt Reeves along with Lynn Harris will produce the film through their company 6th & Idaho productions.
Created in 1940 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, Clayface first appeared in Detective Comics (vol.1) #40 as Basil Karlo, an actor who was driven mad after learning that a new actor would lead the role in a remake of a classic horror film that Karlo had originally starred in. Adopting the alias of the villain of one of his old movies, "Clayface," Karlo fatally wounded several members of the cast and crew of the remake before eventually being defeated by Batman and Robin.
In 2016, Karlo's origin was changed to bring him more in line with both his original origin and the DC Animated Universe. In this version, Karlo was the son of horror makeup/SFX artist Vincent Karlo, who illegally used an industrial chemical Renu to create his effects. Renu caused flesh to become malleable like clay. When found out, Vincent was fired due to the chemical being banned from use on human skin. Basil would grow up to be a celebrated actor in the film industry who landed the film of a lifetime, only to learn of his father's death over the phone while driving. Upon this discovery, the shocked Basil got in a car accident which left him horrifically disfigured.
Needing to maintain his career, Basil found his late father's stash of Renu and used it to recreate his old appearance, albeit with the side-effects leaving him addicted to the material. Soon after, Basil began using his shapeshifting and acting abilities to break into Daggett Industries in search of more Renu. In one incident of trying to steal Renu, Basil was confronted by the GCPD on Roland Daggett's payroll. The police opened fire on the actor, shattering a wall of Renu bottles which flooded onto Basil's body. This incident transformed Basil into the shapeshifting monster "Clayface", who became a major enemy to Batman and inmate of Arkham Asylum.
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