{"id":382497,"date":"2026-10-29T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=382497"},"modified":"2026-10-29T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:52:20","slug":"scarecrow-could-be-dcs-next-villain-movie-clayface-star-wants-a-mind-bender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/scarecrow-could-be-dcs-next-villain-movie-clayface-star-wants-a-mind-bender\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarecrow could be DC\u2019s next villain movie: Clayface star wants a mind-bender"},"content":{"rendered":"

With DC\u2019s Clayface<\/em> now in theaters, Tom Rhys Harries is already looking ahead. The film\u2019s star has floated Scarecrow as the next standalone DC movie, and his pitch leans hard into Gotham as psychological thriller territory.<\/p>\n

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While promoting Clayface<\/em>, Harries said Scarecrow could carry a full fear-toxin \u201cmind-bender,\u201d<\/strong> the kind of story where you\u2019re never completely sure what\u2019s real. He framed it less like a typical comic-book blockbuster and more in the vein of The Truman Show<\/em>, early Christopher Nolan, and Inception<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

That idea makes sense for where DC is at right now. Gotham has always been a natural fit for darker, character-driven stories, and Scarecrow gives you fear, hallucinations, broken reality, and full psychological collapse<\/a>,<\/strong> all without having to bring Batman in too early on this side of the DCU.<\/p>\n\n

Clayface<\/em> helps the argument, too. The movie has landed solid reviews, drawn praise for its body horror and for Harries\u2019 performance, and posted good domestic box office<\/strong> even as international numbers have been softer in places like France and South Korea. It also keeps Gotham self-contained under director James Watkins, which matters with Creature Commandos<\/em> (2024) and Superman<\/em> (2025) still shaping the wider rollout.<\/p>\n\n

So if you want DC to go further down the road of weirder, villain-first stories, this is one to keep an eye on. That\u2019s true even with the ongoing argument over whether DC should really be prioritizing rogues before Batman shows up,<\/strong> and even with the continuity headache around Harries\u2019 Clayface-Penguin suggestion, since Colin Farrell\u2019s Penguin is part of The Batman<\/em> universe.<\/p>\n\n

For now, Clayface<\/em> is in theaters, and DC is also reportedly working on Deathstroke\/Bane and a Poison Ivy series for Max<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With DC\u2019s Clayface now in theaters, Tom Rhys Harries is already looking ahead. The film\u2019s star has floated Scarecrow as the next standalone DC movie, and his pitch leans hard into Gotham as psychological thriller territory. While promoting Clayface, Harries said Scarecrow could carry a full fear-toxin \u201cmind-bender,\u201d the kind of story where you\u2019re never … Continue reading “Scarecrow could be DC\u2019s next villain movie: Clayface star wants a mind-bender”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":382496,"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-382497","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