The DC Studios Clayface film is scheduled to release in movie theaters on October 23, 2026

Originally slated for September 11, Warner Bros. and DC Studios delayed the body-horror thriller by six weeks to lean into a Halloween-season release window and grant more time for visual effects. Matt Hagen (played by Tom Rhys Harries) is a handsome, up-and-coming actor whose life and career are shattered when a Gotham City gangster brutally attacks and disfigures his face.

Left mutilated and hopeless, Hagen turns to a ringe, Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist named Dr. Caitlin Bates Naomi Ackie for a highly experimental medical procedure. While the procedure initially succeeds in restoring his looks, the experimental chemicals have terrifying long-term side effects. Hagen's body composition breaks down, transforming him into a living, malleable substance resembling clay that allows him to reshape his face and form at will. : Driven mad by the loss of his identity and humanity, Hagen embarks on a gruesome, vengeful rampage