Alan Tudyk gained’t play Clayface within the upcoming DCU film.
It was introduced final yr that Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill Home, Physician Sleep) was writing a Clayface film that might be set inside James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU.
Whereas numerous different DCU initiatives have been introduced previous to Clayface, the pre-production course of got here collectively shortly and the film has been given a 2026 launch date. Manufacturing is predicted to start this summer season and it was just lately introduced that Communicate No Evil’s James Watkins is directing the film.
No casting bulletins for Clayface have but been made; nevertheless, per Variety, Gunn has confirmed that Tudyk gained’t be enjoying the titular Batman villain within the upcoming live-action film.
Why isn’t Alan Tudyk enjoying Clayface within the DCU live-action film?
Gunn beforehand stated that actors who voice main animated characters in DCU initiatives may also play them in live-action. Tudyk voiced Clayface within the DCU Creature Commandos together with a handful of different characters, together with Physician Phosphorus. He additionally voices the character in all 5 seasons of the animated Harley Quinn present, which isn’t set inside the DCU.
Gunn stated that Tudyk gained’t play Clayface within the live-action as a result of it wasn’t a “main position” for Tudyk.
Safran additional described Clayface as a “physique horror movie,” whereas Gunn stated they’re hoping that it “works as a pure horror film for any individual who doesn’t care in any respect about DC.” The movie has an estimated finances of round $40 million.
“[Clayface] is a Hollywood horror story centering on a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to maintain himself related, solely to search out out that he can reshape his face and kind, changing into a strolling piece of clay,” an outline of the movie’s plot, through The Hollywood Reporter, reads.
Clayface at the moment has a September 11, 2026, launch date from Warner Bros.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur on SuperHeroHype.
