DCU’s upcoming Clayface horror movie reveals plot details, and it seems to link to Creature Commandos

Johnny Williams
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DC Studios’ highly anticipated upcoming superhero horror movie Clayface has finally had plot details revealed, and it sounds like the body-horror will surely put the ‘monster’ in James Gunn’s DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie "centers on an ascending actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, the actor turns to a fringe Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist for help. At first, the experiment is a success, but … well, it wouldn’t be a horror movie if the story ended right there, would it?"

However, the Clayface movie’s description does seem to line up with how the monster is presented in the DCU animated show Creature Commandos. The series introduces Clayface as Matt Hagan, a former actor turned monstrous metahuman. In Creature Commandos, Clayface uses his shapeshifting abilities to pose as Professor Aisla MacPherson and trick the group, but the villain was later defeated by Rick Flag, Sr., and Eric Frankenstein.

The Clayface movie is written by The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan, with Speak No Evil’s James Watkins set to direct.

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I am an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for SFX and Total Film online. I have a Bachelors Degree in Media Production and Journalism and a Masters in Fashion Journalism from UAL. In the past I have written for local UK and US newspaper outlets such as the Portland Tribune and York Mix and worked in communications, before focusing on film and entertainment writing. I am a HUGE horror fan and in 2022 I created my very own single issue feminist horror magazine.  

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