It was introduced final week that James Watkins (Converse No Evil) would direct the Clayface film for DC Studios, and virtually instantly, rumours emerged that Daniel Radcliffe was being thought-about for the starring position. Earlier than you begin getting too excited (or not), James Gunn took to Threads to shoot down the hearsay.
“As we confirmed the opposite day, we’re closing a take care of James to direct,” Gunn wrote. “As a result of we don’t have a director but, we haven’t even began the casting course of. Daniel is nice however we definitely haven’t talked to or thought-about him. So this one is 100% false.” Because the challenge begins to maneuver ahead, we’ll doubtless hear some actual casting information earlier than too lengthy. Dave Bautista as soon as expressed a want to play the position of Clayface, however Gunn has definitely been eager on populating the DCU with actors he’s labored with earlier than.
Earlier this yr, Gunn defined that he by no means meant on making a Clayface film within the DC Universe, however the script by Mike Flanagan was simply too good. “I didn’t plan on making a Clayface film. Mike got here in. He pitched this excellent concept. I used to be like, ‘Rattling, I can’t consider you bought me to need to make a Clayface film,’” Gunn stated. “However he’s bought to put in writing the script and who is aware of how that’s going to work. He goes and he writes the script. First draft is nice. Second draft is even higher. After which I’m like, ‘Let’s do it.’ So we discovered a spot for it as a result of if there’s high quality stuff, we are able to discover a method to work it in.” The studio has already slated the challenge for a September 11, 2026 launch.
The animated Creature Commandos collection gave us our first little style of the DCU, however our first actual take a look at the brand new franchise will arrive in only a few months with Superman. The movie, written and directed by James Gunn, stars David Corenswet (Pearl) as Clark Kent/Superman and is slated to hit theaters on July eleventh. Subsequent up will likely be Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow, which is able to debut on June 26, 2026.
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