Warner Bros. is shifting upcoming titles DC’s "Clayface" and "Practical Magic 2".
Audiences will have to wait a little longer to familiarize themselves with “Clayface,” one of DC’s lesser known characters. The film was originally slated to hit theaters on September 11. It will now move to October 23.
“Clayface,” for those not steeped in all things Gotham, is a shapeshifting Batman villain.
The genre has been described as body horror, so think Cronenberg. It will be directed by James Watkins (“Speak No Evil”) from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan (“Doctor Sleep”) and Hossein Amini (“Drive”). Up and comer Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen, an actor whose face is disfigured, while Naomie Ackie will play the scientist he turns to for help.
James Gunn and Peter Safran, the co-heads of DC Studios, will produce alongside “The Batman” director Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris.
DC scored with last summer’s “Superman,” which critics and audiences saw as a return to form for the comic book studio after a string of disappointments like “The Flash” and “Black Adam” that predated Gunn and Safran’s arrival.
“Clayface” was originally going to square off against a new adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility.”
Now, the film will slide into the opening date vacated by another Warner Bros. release, “Remain,” which moved into 2027.
Also premiering that weekend are an untitled Jordan Peele project from Universal, as well as the Rosamund Pike thriller “Wife and Dog.”
With “Clayface” moving, Warner Bros. has opted to shift its sequel to “Practical Magic” to September 11.
The witchy follow-up, directed by Susanne Bier, was originally slated to debut on September 18.
The film brings back original stars Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. The actresses both reprise their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who are descended from witches.
In the first film, based on Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel, the Owens sisters must stop a curse that kills every man they fall in love with.
Plot details for “Practical Magic 2” are still under wraps, but the film is reportedly based on another book in Hoffman’s “Practical Magic” series.
Original stars Dianne West and Stockard Channing will also return for the sequel.
They are set to reprise their roles as Jet and Frances, respectively, the Owens sisters’ eccentric aunts who educate them on all things magic.
Other cast members include Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña, Solly McLeod, and Joey King.
“Bird Box” director Susanne Bier will helm the film from a screenplay co-written by Akiva Goldsman, who also co-wrote the first “Practical Magic”, and Georgia Pritchett.
The original “Practical Magic” was not a box office hit upon its 1998 release, only grossing $68.3 million worldwide against its $75 million budget. However, the film achieved cult hit status on home video.
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