Overview

• Tom Rhys Harries will portray the Matt Hagen iteration of Clayface after an exhaustive search that included Jack O’Connell, Tom Blyth, George MacKay and Leo Woodall.
• Production is set to begin this fall in the U.K., with principal photography scheduled to launch in late 2025.
• James Watkins will direct from a script originally written by Mike Flanagan and later revised by Hossein Amini.
• Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris are producing alongside DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran as part of the Chapter One: Gods and Monsters lineup.
• The film explores a B-movie actor’s transformation into a shapeshifting monster and is slated to open on September 11, 2026.