Clayface Teaser Trailer Previews ‘Riveting’ DCU Body Horror Movie

Warner Bros. and DC released the first teaser for their body horror movie Clayface, exclusively to attendees at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The trailer has not been released publicly, but descriptions from inside the room detail a grotesque introduction to the shapeshifting Batman villain.

Warner Bros. debuts teaser trailer for Clayface at CinemaCon

The Clayface teaser trailer screened inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace offered a visceral introduction to Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries in the titular role. It opens on a highly disfigured character with piercing red eyes, confined to a hospital bed in a state of severe distress. The sequence reportedly cuts between various stages of the character’s existence, showing Harries both before and after a traumatic event that leaves him in a state of grotesque mutilation.

The body horror elements are front and center. According to descriptions from the room, the teaser features scenes of the lead character donning a mask while his flesh appears to molt. In one particularly moment, his face distorts and shifts like soft putty.

DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran introduced the Clayface trailer by acknowledging the character’s relative obscurity outside of comic fandom. He’s “not famous yet,” Safran told the CinemaCon crowd, before promising that status will change when the “riveting horror thriller” hits theaters around Halloween. The film, directed by James Watkins, is currently slated for release on October 23, a shift from its earlier September window, underscoring its positioning as a seasonal fright fest.

Moreover, the project represents the next big swing for DC Studios following the June release of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. The character, which was first introduced in 1940 as an actor turned criminal, has always been an adversary of Batman. Especially with clay-based shapeshifting powers, this interpretation is now penned by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini.

The cast is rounded out by Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan. Produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn, and Peter Safran, Clayface looks to carve out a niche within the DCU that is less about capes and more about visceral, body-melting terror (via Deadline).

Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on SuperHeroHype.com.

Source: Comingsoon.net