A New ‘Clayface’ Teaser Leans Heavy on the Horror
Not only does horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan have Carrie coming out, along with a new Exorcist movie, he also came up with the idea and wrote the first script for DC’s upcoming film, Clayface. Well, with the movie in theaters on October 23, a new video gets into it. Basically, while most people think of DC as the home of heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, Clayface is taking a whole new angle.
- ▪Not only does horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan have Carrie coming out, along with a new Exorcist movie, he also came up with the idea and wrote the first script for DC’s upcoming film, Clayface.
- ▪Well, with the movie in theaters on October 23, a new video gets into it.
- ▪Basically, while most people think of DC as the home of heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, Clayface is taking a whole new angle.
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Things sure are looking Flanagan out there. Not only does horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan have Carrie coming out, along with a new Exorcist movie, he also came up with the idea and wrote the first script for DC’s upcoming film, Clayface. It wasn’t a movie DC Studios president James Gunn was going to make, but after he read the script, he knew he had to.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000823192","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"io9","SECTION":"trailer-frenzy","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"trailer-frenzy","TAGS":"clayface,dc-studios,james-gunn","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Why is that, exactly?…
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