Clayface director didn't want to reference Batman because the DC horror is like how "Joker is the story of one…
Director James Watkins explains why Batman is absent from the upcoming DC horror film Clayface, likening its focus on Matt Hagen's story to that of Joker. The film aims to establish Gotham City as a character itself, drawing inspiration from German expressionist cinema and gritty 1970s-90s New York photography.
- Entities
- Company: DC Studios
- Person: Naomi Ackie
- Person: Caitlyn Corr
- Topic: Film Noir
- Topic: DC Universe
- Person: Todd Phillips
- Person: James Gunn
- Person: Joaquin Phoenix
- Game: Clayface
- Game: Superman
- Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Person: Matt Hagen
- Game: Joker
- Person: Max Minghella
- Topic: Horror
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