We'll have to wait a little longer to see if DC's Clayface will live up to that "body horror" label

Which nevertheless feels soon for a film that we still know essentially nothing about, beyond the fact that Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen, an actor who gets all goopy in his efforts to cure a facial disfigurement. (Naomi Ackie is set to co-star as the scientist presumably responsible for the engoopification.) The film was originally pitched to Gunn and Safran by Flanagan in those heady days when they’d first taken control of Warner Bros.’ superhero properties, and was put forward as an example of the width of scope the new DC Universe could encompass. (Represented by the “Gods And Monsters” branding that the studio has used for this phase of its films; besides Gunn’s animated Creature Commandos, which technically kicked off the new universe, DC Studios is also reportedly still developing a Swamp Thing movie with James Mangold.) 

The move, which drops the film—currently listed as being in post-production—back from what was supposed to be a September release, comes as part of a general reconfiguring of Warner Bros.’ fall 2026 film schedule. For instance: Practical Magic 2—which will probably feature less body horror, although you never know—has now moved into Clayface‘s vacated September 11 slot.