The First ‘Clayface’ Footage Was Splendidly Disgusting

That Clayface is getting a new DC movie earlier than Batman, Marvel Girl, Aquaman, and the Flash—mainly each single non-Super person within the DC Universe—at first appears bizarre. After all, we’ve all heard how DC Films co-president James Gunn learn a script by the prolific Mike Flanagan and immediately knew he needed to make it. However why? How was it going to work? It’s all onerous to image.

That’s, till you truly see footage, which we’ve due to the Warner Bros. panel at CinemaCon 2026 this week. Gunn’s DC co-president, Peter Safran, took the stage to indicate the first-ever footage from the DC movie, and it was chilling and gross. It additionally made it a lot clearer why this film is going on earlier than all the remainder.

Within the footage, which has not but made it on-line, we begin with a shot of a person in a hospital mattress. The sunshine is harsh and yellow. His face is totally wrapped in bloody bandages. However his eyes are open. WIDE OPEN. Nearly like he’s taking a look at one thing terrifying. The digicam slowly pushes in on this man, and we get a number of fast, jarring cuts. Of a face being minimize. Of somebody getting injections. A lot of disgusting stuff. Is that this what occurred to this particular person? Is he remembering it? It certain appears that approach.

We then go to a montage of footage of a way more good-looking man: Matt Hagen, performed by Tom Rhys Harries. We see him operating down the road, by way of neon-lit tunnels, previous a police automobile that claims Gotham Metropolis on it. It’s onerous to know what’s taking place, however mainly, we simply know this man is frightened of one thing and attempting to get away from it. The scenes are intercut with the phrases “Look worry within the face.”

Lastly, and most memorably, the final shot of the footage options this man wanting completely regular, then placing his hand to his brow and wiping straight down, utterly eradicating his face. His face, as you’ll be able to guess, is clay.

Safran described Clayface as “a riveting horror thriller,” and we acquired all three of these issues from the footage. This film goes to be tousled. And we can not wait.

Written by Mike Flanagan, directed by James Watkins, and starring Harries and Naomi Ackie, Clayface is at present set for launch on October 23.

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