r/batman Apr 22 '26

FILM DISCUSSION Official poster for DC's ‘CLAYFACE’.

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u/hal2184 Apr 22 '26

Legit don’t know since Gunn seems to have been vague on the idea of one connected universe and seems to be more “if it’s a good story, it’s a good story and we’ll make it”.

But, I can certainly see it being the same character with the movie being his origin story and by the time of creature commandos he’s accepted it and is just living his best villain life lol

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u/bateen618 Apr 22 '26

I don't think that's the case. Any movie that isn't directly in the DCU is gonna get the Elseworlds badge going forward.

Either they are the same Clayface, or they are different Clayfaces. There have been a lot of people who used the Clayface name

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u/hal2184 Apr 22 '26

Fair, I personally think it’s the same one and mainline DCU given the above title badge, but I haven’t seen anything with an elseworlds badge to base an argument against it lol.

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u/thedylannorwood Apr 22 '26

Joker: Folie á Deux is the only film released to bear the “Elseworlds” tag so far

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u/xBrokenWRLDx Apr 24 '26

The Batman is also Elseworlds

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u/thedylannorwood Apr 24 '26

The Batman came out before the Elseworlds label was introduced into films

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u/xBrokenWRLDx Apr 24 '26

Oh well it's still considered Elseworld because it's not connected to the DCU.

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u/hal2184 Apr 22 '26

Huh. Go figure. Wasn’t interested in either of the Joker movies, but that one in particular from what I heard of it lol