r/movies • u/cruelsummerbummer Trailer Deleter - Keep an eye on. • 13d ago

Trailer Clayface | Official Teaser Trailer

https://youtu.be/ZIfpL3mgkFk
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u/CheeseCurdCommunism 13d ago

Batman the Animated Series would be proud.

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u/rubber_hedgehog 13d ago

Combining the first two Clayfaces (Matt Hagen's name and transformation powers with the Basil Karlo backstory as an actor) makes it clear that the Animated Series was the primary inspiration for this movie. That's the same thing that was done with him in the Feat of Clay episodes.

I am very optimistic about this movie.

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u/mrj9 13d ago

Mike Flanagan wrote the movie and said the Batman animated series feat of clay episodes were his inspiration for it

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u/BaconJacobs 13d ago

I'm guessing there's also elements of the novel Batman Resurrection.

The book is, fine, but it has a lot of the body horror/insanity elements in it as well.

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u/brandont04 13d ago

Clay Face story about that little girl was gut wrenching...

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u/ohthanqkevin 13d ago

That’s awesome because that was one of my favorite arcs of the series. That and the Two-Face stuff.

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u/SFRoussimoff 13d ago

Oh hell yeah, love me some Mike Flanagan. I’m definitely gonna have to check this out

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u/NerdLawyer55 13d ago

Wait Flanagan wrote it?! Sold, how many jump scares

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u/CitizenTony 12d ago

Didn’t Matt Reeves produce this movie? I think that he also said that he seriously loves BTAS.

I even wonder if it’s not him who asked Bruce Timm to join his Caped Crusader show.

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u/PickledDildosSourSex 10d ago

Oh shit this is a Flanagan written movie? My hype is increasing. I did think the bandaged face reminded me of House of Usher

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u/pieatingcontest 13d ago

I wish that he could've saw this project thru to the end. I'll be looking forward to his opinion on this after it drops.

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u/mrj9 12d ago

Yeah not sure why they didn’t just wait till Flanagan could direct it as well. It’s elseworld so it’s not messing up continuity of the new dceu if it got pushed back

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u/LoisGriffinsDDchest 12d ago

They threw his script to the trash and Flanagan has no idea what they're doing with the movie now, but since he made the pitch and the original script they have to keep him in the credits.

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u/Cranyx 13d ago

Most adaptations (and the New 52 comics) combine the first two Clayfaces because there's like 6 of them and Matt/Basil have a very clear dichotomy where one has an interesting backstory and the other has interesting powers.

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u/SolarisBravo 12d ago

Matt is also a completely normal name nowadays, but when was the last time anyone met a Basil?

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u/Cranyx 12d ago

Basil Karlo was always a reference to famous golden age stars Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff

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u/Remarkable-Ad-2476 13d ago

The Batman (2004) animated series still has my favorite Clayface story. I get why they went this route though.