{"id":382405,"date":"2026-10-28T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=382405"},"modified":"2026-10-28T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:16:06","slug":"clayface-is-in-theaters-now-a-smart-batman-setup-without-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/clayface-is-in-theaters-now-a-smart-batman-setup-without-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Clayface is in theaters now: a smart Batman setup without Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clayface<\/em> is in theaters now, and for a movie that never actually puts Batman<\/a> on screen, it\u2019s pretty clearly laying the groundwork for his future DC Universe<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

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Rather than cutting to Batman, Clayface<\/em> stays with Gotham City cop John Borrelli, who\u2019s tracking the murders tied to Matt Hagen\u2019s collapse, while Dr. Caitlyn Corr helps as much as she can. It\u2019s a smart choice.<\/strong> The story gets to stand on its own, and Gotham comes across as so broken that decent people can\u2019t possibly manage its corruption, reckless science, and shape-shifting body horror by themselves.<\/p>\n\n

The movie also spends time with Gotham City\u2019s neighborhoods, power structures, and social decay after Creature Commandos<\/em>. It tells Matt Hagen\u2019s villain-origin story as an actor turned monster, too, and pulls in the psychological darkness Batman stories usually draw from without turning Clayface<\/em> into a backdoor pilot.<\/p>\n\n

If you\u2019re following the DCU, this one\u2019s easy to keep on your radar: released in October 2026<\/strong> as the third film in Chapter One: Gods and Monsters<\/a><\/em>, Clayface<\/em> leans hard into R-rated horror in the mold of The Fly<\/a><\/em> and Darkman<\/em>, and director James Watkins, along with DC Studios heads Peter Safran and James Gunn, already seems to have a smart stand-alone genre play on their hands, with a reported $30 million to $44 million budget, a $43 million worldwide opening ($24 million domestic, $19 million international), and an A- CinemaScore.<\/p>\n\n

You can catch Clayface<\/em> in theaters now.<\/p>\n

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Clayface is in theaters now, and for a movie that never actually puts Batman on screen, it\u2019s pretty clearly laying the groundwork for his future DC Universe debut. Rather than cutting to Batman, Clayface stays with Gotham City cop John Borrelli, who\u2019s tracking the murders tied to Matt Hagen\u2019s collapse, while Dr. Caitlyn Corr helps … Continue reading “Clayface is in theaters now: a smart Batman setup without Batman”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":382404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-382405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t