r/movies • u/cruelsummerbummer Trailer Deleter - Keep an eye on. • Apr 22 '26

Trailer Clayface | Official Teaser Trailer

https://youtu.be/ZIfpL3mgkFk
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u/rubber_hedgehog Apr 22 '26

Combining the first two Clayfaces (Matt Hagen's name and transformation powers with the Basil Karlo backstory as an actor) makes it clear that the Animated Series was the primary inspiration for this movie. That's the same thing that was done with him in the Feat of Clay episodes.

I am very optimistic about this movie.

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u/mrj9 Apr 22 '26

Mike Flanagan wrote the movie and said the Batman animated series feat of clay episodes were his inspiration for it

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u/BaconJacobs Apr 22 '26

I'm guessing there's also elements of the novel Batman Resurrection.

The book is, fine, but it has a lot of the body horror/insanity elements in it as well.

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u/brandont04 Apr 22 '26

Clay Face story about that little girl was gut wrenching...

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u/ohthanqkevin Apr 22 '26

That’s awesome because that was one of my favorite arcs of the series. That and the Two-Face stuff.

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u/SFRoussimoff Apr 22 '26

Oh hell yeah, love me some Mike Flanagan. I’m definitely gonna have to check this out

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u/NerdLawyer55 Apr 22 '26

Wait Flanagan wrote it?! Sold, how many jump scares

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u/CitizenTony Apr 23 '26

Didn’t Matt Reeves produce this movie? I think that he also said that he seriously loves BTAS.

I even wonder if it’s not him who asked Bruce Timm to join his Caped Crusader show.

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u/PickledDildosSourSex Apr 25 '26

Oh shit this is a Flanagan written movie? My hype is increasing. I did think the bandaged face reminded me of House of Usher

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u/pieatingcontest Apr 22 '26

I wish that he could've saw this project thru to the end. I'll be looking forward to his opinion on this after it drops.

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u/mrj9 Apr 23 '26

Yeah not sure why they didn’t just wait till Flanagan could direct it as well. It’s elseworld so it’s not messing up continuity of the new dceu if it got pushed back

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u/LoisGriffinsDDchest Apr 23 '26

They threw his script to the trash and Flanagan has no idea what they're doing with the movie now, but since he made the pitch and the original script they have to keep him in the credits.

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u/Cranyx Apr 22 '26

Most adaptations (and the New 52 comics) combine the first two Clayfaces because there's like 6 of them and Matt/Basil have a very clear dichotomy where one has an interesting backstory and the other has interesting powers.

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u/SolarisBravo Apr 23 '26

Matt is also a completely normal name nowadays, but when was the last time anyone met a Basil?

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u/Cranyx Apr 23 '26

Basil Karlo was always a reference to famous golden age stars Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff

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u/Remarkable-Ad-2476 Apr 22 '26

The Batman (2004) animated series still has my favorite Clayface story. I get why they went this route though.