A new report states that four actors visited this week to audition for the Clayface movie, and the competition may already be down to three.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, four actors had full auditions this week for the lead in Clayface. All of the actors are British and include George MacKay (1917), Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), Jack O’Connell (Sinners), and Leo Woodall (The White Lotus). Sources say one of the actors has already been cut, but no indication was made as to whom.
Mike Flanagan recently confirmed that the screenplay is going through some revisions, but he hopes that some of his version will still show up on screen.
Rumors of this project date back to 2023, but it seems things are finally coming together. Flannagan has written the first version of the script for the project. Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris will be producers via their 6th & Idaho Productions company.
Also, relating to the report from 2023, sources have repeatedly made it clear that the pitch is unrelated to The Batman: Part II. With Reeves serving as a producer, that will raise questions, but he was also involved with the Batman: Caped Crusader series, which was unrelated to his films.
Flanagan, who directed the Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, has not been quiet about his passion for Clayface. He stated in 2021 that he was “really keen to do a standalone Clayface movie as a horror/thriller/tragedy.”
While Clayface has appeared in animated form and video games many times over, he has never jumped to a live-action theatrical film. We’ll have to wait and see if anything comes of these talks, but the character may finally be heading toward his time in the spotlight.
The untitled Clayface movie is scheduled to hit theaters on Sept. 11, 2026.
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