CLAYFACE Set Photos Reveal Close-Up Look At Matt Hagen's Bloody, Broken Face

CLAYFACE Set Photos Reveal Close-Up Look At Matt Hagen's Bloody, Broken Face

These latest photos from the set of DC Studios' Clayface movie give us our best look yet at Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen and his seriously messed-up face...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 03, 2025 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Clayface

We've seen Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen under bandages and a mask, and these latest photos from the Liverpool set of Clayface give us a closer look at the bloody and broken face of the man who will ultimately transform into the shape-shifting Batman villain.

It looks like the Gotham City gangster, believed to be Jimmy "Red" McCoy (possibly on orders from Roland Daggett), really did a number on Hagen's face.

How will Hagen go from what we see below to the monstrous Clayface?

The story will reportedly "center on an ascending actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, the actor turns to a fringe Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist for help. At first, the experiment is a successful but … well, it wouldn’t be a horror movie if the story ended right there, would it?"

Clayface will also star Max Minghella (The Social Network, The Handmaid's Tale) as John, a Gotham City detective who becomes suspicious of his fiancé Caitlin's relationship with Matt Hagen. Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Mickey 17) plays Caitlin Bates, a biotech CEO who treats Matt.

Speak No Evil director James Watkins will helm the project, while James Gunn will produce alongside Peter Safran and The Batman director Matt Reeves, with Lynn Harris and Chantal Nong serving as executive producers.

Mike Flanagan penned the script, but was reportedly unavailable to direct due to his commitments to a Carrie TV series. Screenwriter Hossein Amini, best known for penning 2011’s Drive, was recently tapped to do some rewrites. The project has been given an official release date of September 11, 2026.

Safran shared a few new details on the Flanagan script, noting that Clayface is indeed going to be a full-on horror movie in the same vein as David Cronenberg's The Fly, and more recently, we learned that the movie will also take more than a little inspiration from Coralie Fargeat's body horror hit, The Substance.

"Clayface, you see, is a Hollywood horror story, according to our sources, using the most popular incarnation of the villain – a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to keep himself relevant only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay.".  

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SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 9/3/2025, 7:56 AM
I wonder if Clayface or supergirl flops harder
satanicbatman
satanicbatman - 9/3/2025, 8:37 AM
@SteviesRightFoo - So you are in this site, every day, multiple times a day, but you hate approximately 50% of the movies (including ones that don’t exist) being discussed.

I understand being contrarian/masochistic in certain situations, but why EVERY DAY?? Don’t realize that you’re manifesting negativity in the real world when you create negativity, even when it’s just online? What’s the point???
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/3/2025, 8:39 AM
@satanicbatman - Living in reality is hating? Both of these films will flop big time. In fact, Supergirl will be one of the biggest box office bombs ever.
JobinJ
JobinJ - 9/3/2025, 7:57 AM
More like poop face….amiright?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/3/2025, 7:59 AM
It seems like one side of his face is more damaged then the other…

Kudos to the makeup artist though since they seem to have done their job well!!.

Anyway , looking forward to Tom Rhys Harries performance and how he embodies his Fly-esque transformation into Clayface.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/3/2025, 8:06 AM

If they spend less than 100 million on Supergirl, it could show a profit. If they spend less than 50 million on Clayface, it will probably show some profit.

If they go spending 200+ million $ on either one, they will lose money. Maybe a lot.
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/3/2025, 8:42 AM
The Suicide Shit flopped
Orgymaker flopped
Creature Gunnmandos flopped
Diaperman flopped
Orgymaker S2 is flopping

Not one success for the DCU yet. When Clayface and Supergirl bomb massively, what will happen then? That would be 7 flops in a row. Similar to Feige's 6 flops in a row this year. Why are both Gunn and Feige falling upward? What do they have on these hollyweird freaks?

Reboot the MCU and DCU
Truoptimusprime
Truoptimusprime - 9/3/2025, 8:42 AM
Why would the 3rd movie in a new universe be a 4th tier villain 🤔? I'm getting Sony Morbius vibes for some odd reason.

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