DC confirms Clayface in 'Creature Commandos' and the upcoming film are the same character

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DC co-CEO Peter Safran has confirmed that the Clayface we first met in Creature Commandos is the same one we're about to meet in the live-action horror movie.

"Yes, it is the same Clayface," Safran told Entertainment Weekly before going to confirm that "the events of Clayface predate Creature Commandos in the canon," and that the terrifying goopy nightmare we met in animated form is indeed the same one we're about to meet in live-action.

The confirmation comes just a couple of months after DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn hit like on a Threads post from a fan that theorized that live-action Clayface and Creature Commandos are one and the same.

If you're unfamiliar, Creature Commandos, despite being an animated series, is canon to the DCU, and some of those characters will indeed be appearing in a live-action project at some point (if they haven't already, i.e., John Economos and Rick Flagg). Clayface – though the horror nature of the film seems better suited to Robert Pattinson's Batman – is also canon to the main DCU storyline (whereas Pattinson's Batman, along with The Penguin, exist in what's known as the Elseworlds).

And if you thought Clayface's animation style in Creature Commandos looked similar to his design in Batman: The Animated Series, you'll be happy to know that the DCU's Clayface is Matt Hagen... the very same actor-turned-villain who haunted our childhoods in the early 2000s. Tom Rhys Harries plays the titular fleshy mess, with James Watkins (Eden Lake) directing from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan.

Clayface is set to hit theaters on October 23. Creature Commandos is streaming now in its entirety on HBO Max. For more, check out our guide to all of the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.