It appears that the Clayface movie finally has a director: James Watkins.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Watkins met with DC Studios co-chair James Gunn on Thursday for a final pitch. Watkins left the meeting with a green light for the project, and now a deal will be settled on for the project. Watkins has directed Speak No Evil, The Take, starring Idris Elba, and worked on Netflix's Black Mirror.

The film is said to be leaning toward a horror-thriller-tragedy vibe with Clayface expected to be seen more as a tragic character rather than a villain.

Rumors of this project date back to 2023, but it seems things are finally coming together. Mike Flannagan has written the script for the project. Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris will be producers via their 6th & Idaho Productions company.

Also, relating to the report from 2023, sources have repeatedly made it clear that the pitch is unrelated to The Batman: Part II. With Reeves serving as a producer, that will raise questions, but he was also involved with the Batman: Caped Crusader series, which was unrelated to his films.

Flanagan, who directed the Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, has not been quiet about his passion for Clayface. He stated in 2021 that he was "really keen to do a standalone Clayface movie as a horror/thriller/tragedy."

While Clayface has appeared in animated form and video games many times over, he has never jumped to a live-action theatrical film. We'll have to wait and see if anything comes of these talks, but the character may finally be heading toward his time in the spotlight.

The untitled Clayface movie is scheduled to hit theaters on Sept. 11, 2026.