With calling cards including Obi-Wan Kenobi and Drive on his resume, screenwriter Hossein Amini feels like the perfect person to adapt Clayface alongside the eponymous Mike Flanagan. What that means in practical terms is a feature length trailer that establishes high stakes, promises queasy and uneasy moments of body horror, and grounds it all with a passionate performance from Matthew Rhys Harries. Offering up a clean slate for those who chose to dwell on Supergirl for better or worse.
Featuring a gratuitous gangland hit, reconstructive surgery, and a boatload of unresolved personal trauma this deep dive into the Clayface universe ahead of that October release date packs a punch. An ominous soundscape etches out the boundaries of this character-driven DC effort from director Mike Watkins, teasing out details without giving the game away. With the gut-wrenching family melodrama Speak No Evil and Eden Lake under his back catalogue, audiences best buckle up because there is no way this comic book adaptation is holding back.
By firmly establishing itself as an R-rated adaptation that takes a tougher route than Disney’s Deadpool, Clayface could usher in a new dawn for DC Comics as James Gunn continues to unpack his Superman sequel. What that equates to for movie going audiences is a cinematic landscape in which Avengers: Doomsday, Dune 3, and Christopher Nolan’s IMAX opus are all making their mark on 2026.