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[Revolutionary]

Written by Mike Flanagan


Holy body horror, Batman!

 

[KyoZz]

Clayface tells the terrifying story of a promising Hollywood actor's descent into hell as he becomes a vengeful monster.
An intense tale that explores the loss of identity and humanity, the ravages of toxic love, and the dark side of scientific ambition.

 

[SJRB]

That looked pretty cool.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Looks great. Clayface wouldn't be my first choice for a movie but could be good.

 

[spookyfish]

Flanagan? Hmmm ... I wonder what role his wife plays in this one?

 

[AJUMP23]

A tragic character. That need justice.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[spookyfish]

(I'm just salty Flanagan's Dark Tower series never took off, because the dude would KILL IT.)

 

[Revolutionary]

Flanagan? Hmmm ... I wonder what role his wife plays in this one?

I know you're joking but he's not directing this so she probably doesn't have a role. Can definitely count on her being in his Exorcist movie, though!

 

[analog_future]

Fuck yeah. DC is so much more interesting than Marvel nowadays. Love that they're getting weird with it and taking some risks.

 

[Dr Cowley]

Looks great. Clayface wouldn't be my first choice for a movie but could be good.

Feet of clay is imo Ron Perlman's best work, fantastic episode

 

[IDKFA]

I wasn't sure about this, but seeing that trailer and how it appears to be a horror movie looks like the right call. It's got me interested to see more.

 

[Pagusas]

honestly, in the animated series I always found him to be the most creepy/scary of the villan cast.

 

[Represent.]

Im in

 

[spookyfish]

Flanagan writing -- could be really good. (And this is coming from not a Gunn fan.)

 

[Germuso]

That's how I look after a long snap.

 

[Chuck Berry]

More comic garbage with another character who 99% of people in the world don't know who the fuck they are! Yay!

Hopefully it has as much success as the other cinema powerhouse, Blue Beetle.

 

[John Bilbo]

Has a bit of a Rubber Johnny vibe to it.



Kinda interesting. Shame about the use of CGI. Still interesting.

I could use a second season of Tony So... The Penguin as well.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Clayface was a major villain in The Animated Series so I think everyone knows Clayface. He was also (spoilers for creature commandos)

Spoiler

one of the major big bads in creature commandos

Clayface is a good character for a Christopher Nolan like movie where he really takes on other people's faces. Imagine a spooky movie like that where you realize one of the dudes you have been speaking with was dead the whole movie and that was just Clayface. It could actually be a really good thriller, plus the Face is quite strong in hand to hand combat, needing basically electricity or ice to beat him. He may not be as flashy as some of Batman's other villians but I think he is one of the most capable due to his ability to change form. His only weakness is the length of which he can alter his form. It's basically Darkman.

 

[March Climber]

honestly, in the animated series I always found him to be the most creepy/scary of the villan cast.

Like Zacfoldor said, part of it is his look but the other part is the fact that he could be anyone at any time.

If Clayface was a smarter guy he would be the perfect assassin.

 

[MrCunningham]

Everything I know about Clayface came from the animated series and the Arkham games. I don't know the comic book origins

 

[Stitch]

And that's how he got his own film

 

[Liopleurodon]

I haven't yet watched the trailer.

Is it scary?

 

[Robot Carnival]

I haven't yet watched the trailer.

Is it scary?

scary as in the body horror kind I guess.

at the 0:42 mark, that's him making his hand into a morning star type weapon to hit someone, isn't it?

 

[Itchy.Tasty.]

I was dismayed when I heard Flanagan dropped out as director, but this still looks great. Hopefully they keep the Batman stuff to an absolute minimum (or exclude him completely). A universe WITHOUT Batman (where the GCPD have to handle these villains on their own) sounds like an awesome concept.

 

[deriks]

I'm kinda into

 

[Revolutionary]

I was dismayed when I heard Flanagan dropped out as director, but this still looks great.

IIRC he was never officially attached as director because by the time this was greenlit, he was already committed to directing the new Exorcist and Carrie

A universe WITHOUT Batman (where the GCPD have to handle these villains on their own) sounds like an awesome concept.

They're building a DC Universe here so that's not happening lol

 

[March Climber]

They're building a DC Universe here so that's not happening lol

The Penguin did it so there is a slight chance.

 

[Itchy.Tasty.]

They're building a DC Universe here so that's not happening lol

Oh that's a shame. I thought this was going to be under their Elseworlds label.

 

[Revolutionary]

The Penguin did it so there is a slight chance.

I'm not saying that Batman will be in this movie (he won't be), what I'm saying is that they're not going to make an additional/separate DC universe without Batman because it's antithetical to the DC Universe that they're currently building.

Oh that's a shame. I thought this was going to be under their Elseworlds label.

The only thing considered Elseworlds at this point is Reeves Batman.

Joker was Elseworlds as well but we all know what happened with Joker 2 so that's done with lol

 

[Strider7]

Looks fuckin' awesome.

 

[Hemingwayoffbase]

Looks good, but I'm confused.

Is this in the The Batman universe like Penguin?

The Gunn Superman universe?

The Joker elseworlds universe?

Or its own universe?

DC needs another crisis on infinite earths because I can't keep up with this shit.

 

[Strider7]

Looks good, but I'm confused.

Is this in the The Batman universe like Penguin?

The Gunn Superman universe?

The Joker elseworlds universe?

Or its own universe?

DC needs another crisis on infinite earths because I can't keep up with this shit.

Unfortunately it's in the Gunn universe. But the tone and look makes it fit The Batman better.

 

[Agave]

WE WON ANOTHER

 

[Trilobit]

Bit boring teaser, but this can be pretty good. At the very least it should be better than Superman.

 

[DKehoe]

It is odd just how many of these Batman films/shows aren't for kids.

 

[Moondoggy]

The trailer implies a much more grounded version of the character, couldn't see before how he'd work in the "The Batman" universe, but I can see now it based on what they showed in the trailer.

 

[jason10mm]

The trailer implies a much more grounded version of the character, couldn't see before how he'd work in the "The Batman" universe, but I can see now it based on what they showed in the trailer.

I guess there is some value in taking Batman villains and giving them a gritty 'realistic' film without all the capeshit, but really, do we need all this stuff? Sure, Joker made 800 million but is that a viable template? At least work in Nightwing or something to there is a protagonist worthy of such a villain. If Gotham PD could actually function as a police department you would NEED Batman in the first place!

 

[DeafTourette]

The trailer implies a much more grounded version of the character, couldn't see before how he'd work in the "The Batman" universe, but I can see now it based on what they showed in the trailer.

It's in the DCU. Not Reeves' The Batman.

 

[Revolutionary]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Looks fantastic, huge fan of body horror. The effects look great too

 

[Trilobit]

It's in the DCU. Not Reeves' The Batman.

This is going to be confusing to the audience going forward.

 

[clarky]

More comic garbage with another character who 99% of people in the world don't know who the fuck they are! Yay!

Hopefully it has as much success as the other cinema powerhouse, Blue Beetle.

Trailer was pretty decent, looked different enough to be on my radar at least.

If it's remotely as good as Joker then could be worth a look.

 

[Revolutionary]

This is going to be confusing to the audience going forward.

Not really. Going forward, everything is DCU except for The Batman II. It's simple.

Clayface wouldn't fit into Reeves universe anyway since he's going for a grounded Batman like Nolan.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Trailer was pretty decent, looked different enough to be on my radar at least.

If it's remotely as good as Joker then could be worth a look.

Joker is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

 

[clarky]

Joker is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

Joker was fantastic, but opinions and all that. Be boring if we all liked the same things.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Joker was fantastic, but opinions and all that. Be boring if we all liked the same things.

Well shit and here I thought we'd get into a fight where I could use my simple defense and this -

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Joker is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

My exact thoughts, hated that movie

 

[Uberman77]

I'm surprised they went for a movie rather than a TV show. Basing a movie on a villain seems like a bigger risk, and after 'The Penguin' I'm surprised they didn't just copy that model.

 

[March Climber]

Basing a movie on a villain seems like a bigger risk

Not if it's a horror movie.