Max Minghella in Talks to Star in DC’s ‘Clayface’ Horror Movie

DC is switching up tones big time from Superman to Clayface next year, with the body horror movie set for theatrical release via Warner Bros. on September 11, 2026.

Deadline reports today that Max Minghella (Spiral: From the Book of Saw) is now in talks to join the cast, alongside the previously announced Tom Rhys Harries (The Gentlemen) and Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice). Rhys Harries will be playing the movie’s title character.

James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil) will direct from a script by Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep) and Hossein Amini (Drive).

The project is being compared to David Cronenberg’s The Fly.

The story centers on an actor who injects himself with a substance to remain relevant, only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay.

James Gunn’s DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran previously called Clayface “an incredible body horror film that reveals a compelling origin of a classic Batman villain.”

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