‘Clayface’ Trailer Puts a Batman Villain in the Spotlight

Is Clayface the most obscure DC Comics character to ever get his own live-action movie?Maybe, although there are a few other contenders. There’s Steel with Shaquille O’Neal as the Superman ally in a suit of armor. There’s Jonah Hex, with Josh Brolin as the western cowboy. There’s Constantine, with Keanu Reeves as the magician and supernatural detective.But at least those characters have all had their own comic series at various times. And they’re all heroes (or at least anti-heroes). Clayface is a Batman villain. Outside of a stray one-shot here or there, he’s never had his own comic series. But now he’s got a movie, Clayface, directed by James Watkins and starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role.There have been a bunch of Clayfaces in DC Comics through the years; Harries is playing the Matt Hagen version, an actor whose beautiful, camera-ready face gets ruined. He’s eventually desperate enough to try an experimental cure that turns him into a clayface. (I hate when that happens.)Watch the Clayface trailer below:READ MORE: Every DC Comics Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestAfter Supergirl’s disappointing performance, DC needs a hit. I am not sure Clayface is going to give it to the...