Overview

• Max Minghella is in active talks to join DC Studios’ Clayface as John, a detective and fiancé to Caitlin Bates, though no deal has closed.
• Tom Rhys Harries is confirmed to star as Matt Hagen/Clayface under director James Watkins following Mike Flanagan’s original draft.
• Naomi Ackie has been offered the female lead of Caitlin Bates, the character’s love interest and doctor, pending a finalized contract.
• Oscar-nominated writer Hossein Amini is working on additional screenplay drafts to build on Flanagan’s first draft.
• The film is slated to shoot at Warner Bros. Leavesden in the U.K. ahead of its September 11, 2026 theatrical release.