First look at DC Studios' Clayface is more face than clay

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The first look at Clayface has arrived, and it's actually way creepier than it first appears.

In the picture, which you can see below, we see Tom Rhys Harries's Matt Hagen on the cover of a magazine. "Rising star Matt Hagen," the magazine proclaims, and Matt looks pretty happy.

Of course, this is going to be short-lived: Matt is going to be badly disfigured before gaining his clay-based powers.

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In fact, in footage shown behind closed doors at CinemaCon, Matt is shown in a hospital bed with his face bandaged, and, at one point, he wipes his entire face away.

That makes this first look particularly unnerving, then, since we know the horrors that are in store for Matt Hagen.

Clayface arrives in theaters this October, and it sounds like it will be a full-on body horror for DC Studios. First reactions to footage screened at CinemaCon called the film "brutal," "violent," and "disgusting."

"I think I can say safely it's going there," one of the stars of the movie, Max Minghella, has said of the film. "It's a proper movie. It's a really fantastic script."

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Elsewhere in DC Studios news, James Gunn has dropped a cryptic first look at filming on Man of Tomorrow, the upcoming sort-of-sequel to Superman.

The picture teases a chess match – perhaps between Lex Luthor and Supes himself, who we know will have to team up in this film – as well as the logo for the movie, which is that iconic Superman symbol against Braniac's own symbol.

Clayface arrives this October 23, while Man of Tomorrow is due out on July 9. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else the DCU has in store.

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Molly EdwardsSenior Entertainment Writer

I'm a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film section. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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