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DC Studios has this week dropped nan teaser trailer for its first-ever introduction into nan horror-thriller genre, Clayface.
Horror head James Watkins (Speak No Evil, The Woman successful Black) is astatine nan helm of nan project, pinch Welsh character Tom Rhys Harries successful nan title domiciled of nan Gotham City villain.
The film, which will deed cinemas connected October 22, is billed arsenic “one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood prima to revenge-filled monster successful a communicative that explores nan nonaccomplishment of one’s personality and humanity, corrosive love, and nan acheronian underbelly of technological ambition.”
The teaser trailer leans into nan assemblage scary that is Clayface’s root story: He’s a rising character whose look is horribly disfigured by a gangster.
In an effort to salvage his bully looks, he seeks thief from a intelligence who transforms his assemblage into clay.
The short trailer packs successful respective jump scares complete Clayface’s grisly visage – and truthful far, DC fans look excited to spot nan workplace dabble successful Substance-esque assemblage scary successful comparison to nan comic book leader movies of caller years.
“This is what DC needs,” raved 1 instrumentality on YouTube, wherever nan teaser has already racked up much than 3 cardinal views since its merchandise yesterday.
“They don’t request to merchandise different trailer aft this one, nan tone, horror, and temper has already caught my afloat intrigue,” wrote different viewer.
Another commenter praised DC for “finally showcasing a Batman villain that isn’t nan Joker.”
Clayface is 1 of respective films connected DC Studios’ upcoming slate, wedged between Supergirl, group for merchandise successful June, and Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow, scheduled for merchandise successful July adjacent year.
DC releases person had mixed fortunes of late: Last year’s Superman reboot was a deed astatine nan container office, raking successful much than $600 cardinal globally, while 2024’s critically panned Joker: Folie à Deux was a box-office flop, hardly making backmost its $200 cardinal budget.
One DC Film that’s still not seeing nan ray of day: 2022’s Batgirl, which was 1 of 3 films shelved by genitor institution Warner Bros successful favour of a important taxation write-off.
Batgirl had been vanished and had moreover had immoderate trial screenings erstwhile nan determination was made to artifact its release.
That determination has DC fans smarting each complete again this week, arsenic nan first trailer drops for different of nan 3 films Warner Bros axed.
The Looney Tunes caper Coyote vs. Acme will finally deed cinemas successful September, much than 3 years aft its original scheduled release, aft Warner Bros allowed filmmakers to activity distribution from different outlets.
The different 2 vanished films Warner Bros had canned, Batgirl and a Scooby Doo animated movie, were not fixed nan aforesaid reprieve.
