India, July 24 -- Clayface is one of the most powerful supervillains in Batman's Rogues Gallery. The iconic character is finally getting his long-awaited origin story this October with DC Studios' movie Clayface. However, instead of the usual comic-book staple, the makers have gone for a body-horror twist.

Directed by James Watkins, the film, starring Tom Rhys Harries, follows a fading Hollywood actor whose glamorous life spirals into a blood-soaked tale of revenge.

Although Clayface arrives between DC Studios' two Matt Reeves-directed Batman films - 2022's The Batman and 2028's The Batman Part II - it is not part of Reeves' Batman Epic Crime Saga. DC Studios co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran confirmed this during a DC Studios pres...