The Primetime Emmy nominated Handmaid’s Tale actor is in talks to join DC Studios’ Clayface which will hit theaters on Sept. 11, 2026. DC Studios didn’t respond to comment.
A deal hasn’t closed yet, but when it’s finaled, Max Minghella would join Tom Rhys Harries who has the title role in the James Watkins-directed genre movie, as well as Mickey 17‘s Naomi Ackie.
The production is being primed to shoot at Warner Bros Leavesden studio in the UK.
Long known as a villain to Batman, Clayface was semi-successful actor in the comics. After turning to a life of crime, he takes on the identity of a character he once portrayed in a horror movie. The nemesis has appeared in myriad DC series, animated works, videos games and other media throughout the years.
Producing Clayface are Gunn and Safran as well as The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris. Chantal Nong is EP. The Life of Chuck and Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan penned the first draft of the screenplay. Additional drafts are being penned by Oscar-nominated The Wings of a Dove and Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini.
Minghella starred on 46 episodes of Handmaid’s Tale, as well as in the movies Art School Confidential, Babylon, The Social Network and The Ides of March. Minghella also directed the movies Teen Spirit and Shell, the latter which world premiered at TIFF last year. Minghella was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Handmaid’s Tale at the Emmys back in 2021.
Minghella is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content and Jackoway Austen Tyerman, etc.
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