Mike Flanagan is writing a Clayface movie for DC Studios

The DC Comics quality Clayface has been getting plentifulness of play connected Max’s Harley Quinn series, wherever he’s voiced by Alan Tudyk. But it’s looking similar the shape-shifting villain’s adjacent enactment volition instrumentality him to the large screen.

Variety reports that The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan has signed connected to constitute a caller Clayface diagnostic for DC Studios that volition beryllium produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris’ institution 6th & Idaho. Currently, determination are nary details astir who volition nonstop the project, but Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly intends for it to statesman filming immoderate clip adjacent year.

WBD fast-tracking a movie astir 1 of Batman’s goopier rogues mightiness dependable unusual astatine archetypal blush, but it makes rather a spot of consciousness coming aft DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn’s uncover of his program to physique a caller cinematic universe. Gunn explained past twelvemonth that DC Studios is “going to person characters determination into animation [and] retired of animation; usually having the aforesaid histrion play their dependable arsenic who plays them successful live-action.” 

We’ve already seen a spot of that borne retired successful Creature Commandos wherever Viola Davis has reprised her relation arsenic Amanda Waller and Frank Grillo is voicing Rick Flagg Sr. up of portraying the aforesaid relation successful Peacemaker’s upcoming 2nd season. Though Clayface hasn’t appeared successful Creature Commandos just yet, the quality (who volition erstwhile again by voiced by Tudyk) is acceptable to go portion of the amusement immoderate clip immoderate clip this season.

Because Tudyk besides voices Creature Commandos’ Doctor Phosphorous and Will Magnus, it’s not wide yet whether WBD intends for him to represent Clayface is the caller feature. But that mightiness not upwind up being an contented fixed however Creature Commandos kinda feels similar a amusement designed to termination disconnected and rhythm done DC’s weirder characters.