With a box office gross of more than $770 million, The Batman was one of the most successful films of 2022, as well as one of Warner Bros.'s most successful films in recent memory. Apart from its commercial success, The Batman was also a critical winner, with an 85% Rotten Tomatoes rating as proof.
Now, according to a new report by Deadline, the film's sequel, titled The Batman – Part II, will feature a new villain in Clayface. The report claims that, according to its sources, while the film's scripts are constantly changing, Clayface is a big addition to The Batman 2.
Many comics fans will remember Clayface as an alias for many of the franchise's villains. Nevertheless, the first version of the character was an actor who adopted the name from a character he had played and had a clay-like body.
The report also revealed that filmmaker Mike Flanagan is interested in making a feature film based on the villainous Clayface, although it will be different from the character that will appear in The Batman – Part II. While he is a villain in the larger Batman universe, Flanagan's proposed take on Clayface will not depict him as a bad guy. However, DC Studios' James Gunn and Peter Safran are reportedly yet to respond, whether negative or positive, to the filmmaker's pitch.