Physician Sleep director Mike Flanagan has reportedly pitched a Clayface film to Warner Bros. and DC, which might deal with the long-lasting Batman villain.
Deadline is reporting that the film would function the character in a non-antagonistic function, contrasting his regular portrayal as a villain. The film has apparently not been greenlit or turned down but, although Flanagan and Trevor Macy — the director’s Intrepid Photos accomplice — have met with DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. The outlet additionally states that Flanagan’s Clayface thought was not pitched as a part of Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel, although different sources say that the villain will play a component in The Batman – Half II.
The character of Clayface first appeared in Detective Comics #40 again in 1940. Essentially the most generally identified model of the character is that of Basil Karlo — a B-list actor who goes insane upon listening to that his most well-known film is being remade with out his inclusion. Varied iterations of the shapeshifting villain have appeared in numerous types of Batman media, together with in reveals like Gotham and Batman: The Animated Sequence and in video video games just like the Lego Batman collection and Batman: Arkham Metropolis.
The DC Universe’s first section, referred to as Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, will function a mess of various films and tv reveals. A couple of of the introduced initiatives embrace Superman: Legacy, a Batman and Robin-focused film referred to as The Courageous and the Daring, a Supergirl film titled Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow, a Swamp Factor movie, and a number of TV reveals.