DC Studios has released a second trailer for its upcoming horror-thriller Clayface. There’s only one way fans can watch this new preview. The green band cuts down the gruesome shots that defined the first R-rated trailer, yet it still manages to make you curious about the mystery around Matt Hagen’s monstrous transformation.
Clayface has a different trailer appears before Supergirl screenings
Anyone buying a ticket for Supergirl this month will see Clayface’s new trailer first. DC slipped the trailer exclusively into those theatrical showings, keeping it off YouTube and social media entirely.
The reel reuses several beats from April’s debut preview but finds room for new material. One added shot shows Tom Rhys Harries as Hagen locked in a silent confrontation with his own reflection, his face beginning to distort. Another quick moment captures his hand rippling and shifting, skin losing its grip on human form.
Early buzz claimed director James Watkins would hide the creature’s final design. Test screening reportedly now demolishes that assumption. Hagen fully transforms, adopting the hulking silhouette that haunted Batman: The Animated Series. No reference to the Dark Knight appears in the trailer, and insiders allege Batman stays absent from Clayface. Though since it’s not officially confirmed, it could change before the October release.
Additionally, James Gunn spoke about Clayface’s unexpected birth. Mike Flanagan pitched the idea directly to him very early in Gunn’s DC leadership. “I did not think that was something that was going to happen,” Gunn admitted to Entertainment Weekly. Flanagan’s take won him over immediately. Gunn called the film a body-horror story that simply exists inside the DCU rather than conforming to superhero expectations. He credited Flanagan entirely for bringing the concept to the studio and delivering a script that exceeded all hopes.
The official synopsis frames Clayface as one man’s horrifying fall from rising Hollywood star to revenge-driven monster. Themes of lost identity, corrosive love, and unchecked scientific ambition drive the narrative. Alongside Harries, the cast features Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll, and Joshua James. Flanagan co-wrote the screenplay with Hossein Amini.
It’s releasing on October 23, 2026.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on SuperHeroHype.com.
