Given that Mike Flanagan is a creative who tends to direct his own scripts — more so with movies than TV shows — I'

The move feels like another sign of James Gunn’s commitment to seeding DC’s new cinematic universe with a wide array of stories.

Variety reports a Clayface movie is now officially in development at DC Studios with Mike Flanagan attached to write. Filming is expected to begin sometime next year.

DC Studios' Clayface movie is officially in production. Written by filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass, Doctor Sleep), the movie is set to centre on the shapeshifting Batman villain, Clayface, who has the power to transform his body into any person or object.

Fresh off the success of the HBO series "The Penguin," DC Studios has officially greenlit a feature film centered around Clayface, the shapeshifting Batman villain, from a script written by "Doctor Sleep" filmmaker Mike Flanagan,

So, yeah, I liked it a lot.” Variety ’s source has pegged Flanagan as the scriptwriter for the Clayface project. Back in 2021, Flanagan answered a question about working on a DC picture. He said, “Well I've wanted to do a Superman movie since I was a kid,