Overview

• Fresh footage from the Liverpool shoot shows Tom Rhys Harries, as Matt Hagen, dancing on courthouse steps to The Way You Look Tonight and making shadow puppets, with a Nosferatu cutout spotted on set.
• Recent close-ups from the same production reveal Harries with heavy facial prosthetics and severe injuries, supporting reports of a practical, body-horror approach.
• Gotham set dressing includes graffiti reading "The Jokers," a detail outlets note as a nod to the Joker’s presence in the new DCU continuity.
• The R-rated film is directed by James Watkins from a script by Mike Flanagan with rewrites by Hossein Amini, and is produced by James Gunn and Peter Safran for a September 11, 2026 theatrical release.
• Casting reports list Max Minghella as a Gotham detective and Naomi Ackie as a biotech executive connected to Hagen’s treatment.