Hossein Amini

I mean, pretty good pedigree of commercially successful and... like general audience appeasing movies, I think was a safe bet to have for this one.

And then written by Mike Flanagan, but also written by a guy called Hossein Amini, who did Drive, has a few other not so strong projects, but Drive certainly being their best.

I was captivated by the people working behind the scenes on this one.

I didn't really have any concern around the screenplay being weak, My biggest worry was actually the anonymity of its lead in Tom Rhys-Harris.

Clayface so Alright, Clayface was originally released on October 23rd, 2026, just a few days ago.

As we are recording this, of course, directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini with a story by Mike Flanagan based on characters from DC Comics, especially the Batman world, which we're very excited about.

So, Joe, before we get into the story itself and we're going to do a little spoiler free section here because it is technically still opening weekend as we record this.

We don't want to put a bunch out there for people who just want general thoughts.

It was a couple weeks ago, somebody basically said, you know, why are we having this Clayface movie? Like, who asked for this? And he was on threads, and you know how much I...

love him on threads i say that very sarcastically he responded saying who the f asked for back to the future casablanca there's something about mary pan's labyrinth uh furry road weapons the matrix gunfire back although it may seem like hollywood isn't a place where the only way to make a movie is the public voting on what ip they want to see that they've seen countless times before he posted sometimes someone in this case mike flanagan and then james watkins and Hussain Amini were inspired by a relatively little-known fiction character and crafted what I believe is a very special story around that character.

I take that inspiration a thousand times over some writer trying to make a buck by writing a listless screenplay about a major popular character he or she has no passion or feel for.

This kind of really challenges, I think, a lot of the criticisms we've had of James Gunn and of this movie being made and of some of the approach from DC and some of the approach from Marvel as well.

I don't, there's, there's an official reason, but I don't know that I fully believe that.

And then Hussein Amini, who's a great screenwriter came in and did sort of a, a, by some accounts, in aggressive rewrites, and then by his own account, just, like, a top-line rewrite or whatever.

But I do think, and without knowing who wrote what part exactly, I do think there is at the core of this movie, which is not a perfect movie by any stretch of the imagination, by any stretch of the clay, but, like, there is at the core of it a sort of, like, emotional tragedy.

Yes.

And now we have Clayface, which is fantastic.

a pretty lean and mean, uh, body horror movie, not a big budget, uh, film from these folks, but very effective co-written by, uh, Mike Flanagan and by Hussein Amini who wrote drive among other things.

Um, and, it is about a young actor named Matt Hagen.

He would seem to be on top of the world.

James Watkins is the director.

Hossein Amini and Mike Flanagan are the screenwriters.

Tim, please start us on Clayface.

Well, this is just outstanding is what it is.

James Watkins is the director.

Hossein Amini and Mike Flanagan are the screenwriters.

Tim, please start us on Clayface.

Well, this is just outstanding is what it is.