Clayface Set Photos has ended speculation that the Batman II part will be defined in the DCU

Earlier this summer, we learned that Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries was used to assume the title role in DC Studios’ Clay. The film is based on a story The fall of Usher’s house“S Mike Flanagan (To drive The writer Hossein Amini wrote the last project), with Don’t talk about evil Director James Watkins at the helm.

Clay was not among the projects announced by DC Studios at the beginning of 2023, making it a surprise add to the slate “Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters”. However, for James Gunn, he is supposed to be all about history with regard to DCU projects receive the green light, and this corresponded to the bill in the eyes of the filmmaker.

Production is currently preparing to start in Liverpool, England, and we have a first overview of vehicles from the Gotham City police department. There have been rumbles on a Los Angeles framework, but this confirms that we can also expect to spend time in Batman’s house.

What Batman? Well, despite the fact that Matt Reeves is attached as a producer and Clay being at the origin watched as an elseworlds film in the same world as Batmanhe will Be a DCU film.

Hope is that the Caped Crusader could make an appearance in this horror tale. Although this is certainly possible, it seems that we can well and really forget that Batman by Robert Pattinson is folded in the DCU. As you can see below, the conceptions of GCPD vehicles do not correspond to those seen in Batman; This can always change post-production, but it may be time to go from this dream.

That apart from, these images give us our enticing first preview of what the Gotham of the DCU will look like after a connection Superman Confirmed that it is only in a short journey by car from Metropolis.

“We have Clayface, which is a totally different thing,” Gunn said last month. “Although it is in the same universe, it is a full horror film. This is one of the things we want to do; there is no business style.”

“It is not as if each film was going to be like Superman. The artists, the directors and the writers, each will bring him his own meaning,” He continued. “This is what we want to bring to films because we don’t want people bored.”

Clay is currently planned in theaters on September 11, 2026.