
Ranked by one supposedly well-respected site as only the 73rd “best” Batman villain, Clayface’s journey from the comic book panel to the big screen has taken a long, not quite circuitous route. Thanks to horror auteur Mike Flanagan (The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House), a longtime fan of the DC character and his multiple iterations, including the two-part “Feat of Clay” origin story featured on Batman: The Animated Series, James Gunn, the current co-lead of DC’s film division, became intrigued by Flanagan’s unexpected pitch for a standalone live-action film for the DC character. Unfortunately, Flanagan’s numerous commitments, including the recent Carrie series for Amazon's Prime Video and next year’s The Exorcist: Martyrs, removed him from consideration as...
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