by Alex Billington
April 22, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Look fear in the face.” Warner Bros & DC Studios have unveiled a first look teaser trailer for the Clayface movie, a standalone DC movie set in Gotham City within the DCU. This is the first ever DC horror thriller creation, based on the comic book character of Clayface from the Batman universe. Currently set to arrive in theaters in October this fall. The movie is a body horror story about an up-and-coming actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, he turns to a scientist who transforms his body into clay. Exploring “the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.” Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen who becomes “Clayface”, with Eddie Marsan, Max Minghella, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, plus Nancy Carroll and Joshua James. It’s produced by The Batman’s Matt Reeves and features a screenplay co-written by horror mastermind Mike Flanagan. What an intriguing teaser trailer with some creative editing – splicing in flashes of his former life before becoming Clayface and a look at some of the Gotham crime he will battle. This might be worth the wait after all! Have a look below.
Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ poster) for James Watkins’ DC movie Clayface, direct from YouTube:
DC Studios’ first-ever foray into the genre, Clayface is a horror thriller film from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the role of the Gotham City villain. Clayface unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to a revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition. Clayface is directed by British genre filmmaker James Watkins, director of the movies Eden Lake, The Woman in Black, The Take, and the recent Speak No Evil remake, plus the “Shut Up and Dance” episode of “Black Mirror” and “The Ipcress File” mini-series. The screenplay is written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini; from a story by Flanagan. Based on characters from DC Comics. With cinematography by Rob Hardy. Produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn and Peter Safran. Warner Bros will release Watkins’ Clayface DCU horror movie in theaters worldwide starting October 23rd, 2026 in the fall. First impression? Who’s interested?
