Nonetheless, the identical day that Welcome to Derry hit HBO Max, DC Studios co-head James Gunn shared to social media an image of Detective Comics #298. “Blissful Annivrsarry to the perennially misunderstood villain, Clayface,” learn Gunn’s message. Sure, Detective Comics #298 is the primary look of Matt Hagen, the Silver Age incarnation of the Batman villain Clayface. Furthermore, Matt Hagen would be the essential character within the upcoming DCU undertaking Clayface, portrayed, as Gunn’s message factors out, by Tom Rhys Harries.
Harries isn’t the one one bringing Hagen to the display. Clayface is written by Mike Flanagan, who reportedly received over a skeptical Gunn with a powerful tackle the character. And the movie might be directed by James Watkins, who just lately did the delightfully whacky remake of Converse No Evil.
In fact, Andy Muschietti, who directs the primary 4 episodes of Welcome to Derry, didn’t simply embody the Clayface comedian out of a way of company workforce spirit. He additionally has his personal DCU undertaking arising, one which stars at the very least one of many superheroes seen on the duvet of Detective #298. Muschietti is directing The Courageous and the Daring, the hotly-anticipated first Darkish Knight undertaking in Gunn’s new DC Universe.
The Courageous and the Daring has excessive expectations not simply because it’s Batman and all of us love Batman. Many are additionally questioning how Muschietti will deal with the character, on condition that his final superhero undertaking was the a lot maligned The Flash. On latest press tour stops, Muschietti has caught up for his superhero flop, insisting that it was hampered by off-screen issues. In reality, Muschietti has refused to run from the Flash a lot that he additionally consists of the Scarlet Speedster within the Welcome to Derry premiere, as 1961’s Flash #123 seems on display.
By together with a Flash comedian in his present, Muschietti reminds viewers that he hasn’t forgotten the previous. However the Detective Comics subject, like the numerous references to the Derry’s later denizens, proves that Muschietti has his eye on the long run.
