Dc’s R-rated Clayface Heads to Theaters With Box Office Hope
WHO:
Collider - DC Studios head Peter Safran discussed casting Tom Rhys Harries, the DCU’s live-action Gotham City, and his 10-year plan with James Gunn.
Collider - *Clayface* stars Tom Rhys Harres as the Batman villain.
Coming Soon - *Clayface* stars Tom Rhys Harries as the titular Batman villain.
Coming Soon - Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing the movie.
WHAT:
Collider - Peter Safran confirmed a major Batman-related detail in *Clayface*.
Coming Soon - *Clayface* follows an approach to its source material similar to that of *Lanterns*, an HBO series.
Coming Soon - *Lanterns* became a major success for the DCU.
Collider - *Clayface* is described as the DCU’s first horror movie and an R-rated Batman spin-off.
Coming Soon - The movie’s domestic opening-weekend box-office projections are described as disappointing, with current tracking at around $20 million.
Coming Soon - A new box-office update offers good news for the movie despite the projections.
WHERE:
Collider - *Clayface* is scheduled to arrive in theaters.
Coming Soon - The movie opens in theaters in the United States.
WHEN:
Collider - *Clayface* was described as arriving in theaters in three days.
WHY:
Coming Soon - The article says *Clayface*’s approach, similar to *Lanterns*, might be the way forward for James Gunn’s DC Universe.
(UPDATED October 21, 2026 16:12 UTC)
DC Studios co-head Peter Safran has confirmed a major Batman-related detail about *Clayface*, the DC Universe’s first horror film and an R-rated Batman spin-off. Tom Rhys Harries stars as the titular villain, and Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing the movie. Safran has also discussed Harries’ casting, the DCU’s live-action Gotham City, and the 10-year plan he is developing with James Gunn. *Clayface* takes an approach to its source material similar to HBO’s *Lanterns*, which has become a major success for the DCU. That approach could point the way forward for Gunn’s universe. The film is due in theaters in three days, including a U.S. release. Domestic opening-weekend tracking is around $20 million, a disappointing projection, though a new box-office update offers some good news.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 04:12 UTC)
Lanterns* has become a major success for the DCU, and *Clayface* is taking a similar approach to its source material. The article suggests that this could be the way forward for James Gunn’s DC Universe. That’s the central connection between the upcoming film and the HBO series.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 03:13 UTC)
Clayface*, the DCU’s first horror movie and an R-rated Batman spin-off, stars Tom Rhys Harries as the villain and is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is tracking for around $20 million in its domestic opening weekend, a disappointing projection. A new box-office update offers some good news, though the details aren’t specified.