The DC Comics character Clayface has been getting plenty of play on Max’s Harley Quinn series, where he’s voiced by Alan Tudyk. But it’s looking like the shape-shifting villain’s next act will take him to the big screen.

Given that Mike Flanagan is a creative who tends to direct his own scripts — more so with movies than TV shows — I'

Fresh off the success of the HBO series "The Penguin," DC Studios has officially greenlit a feature film centered around Clayface, the shapeshifting Batman villain, from a script written by "Doctor Sleep" filmmaker Mike Flanagan,

Variety reports a Clayface movie is now officially in development at DC Studios with Mike Flanagan attached to write. Filming is expected to begin sometime next year. Deadline reports a film based on Stephen King’s short story Autopsy Room Four is now in development with Ranjeet S.

So, yeah, I liked it a lot.” Variety ’s source has pegged Flanagan as the scriptwriter for the Clayface project. Back in 2021, Flanagan answered a question about working on a DC picture. He said, “Well I've wanted to do a Superman movie since I was a kid,