After the world was left enthralled by James Gunn’s first feature length movie in the all-new DC Universe, everyone’s eyes have gravitated towards what’s next. While Supergirl will be released first in June of next year, the other upcoming DC Universe movie Clayface is currently in the spotlight as filming is underway in the UK.
Proving a hotspot for blockbuster movies at the moment, Liverpool follows in the footsteps of Glasgow where Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been shooting this past summer. Images surfacing online have shown areas of Liverpool being transformed into Gotham City for Clayface, which is currently set to be released on 11th September, 2026.
Liverpool’s crown court and Derby Square were infiltrated with American news vans adorning the Gotham News crest, as well as cop cars, bikes, and ambulances.
#clayface #movie #liverpool pic.twitter.com/hVOTFOnQw7
— Neil Crookes (@neilcrookes) August 31, 2025
The set of ‘CLAYFACE’. pic.twitter.com/8tusYnIRSh
— DCU PRIME TV (@DCUPRIMETV) August 31, 2025
Filming has begun for Clayface in Liverpool! pic.twitter.com/wWvGKuSSL5
— EGG BOY 🪩 (@EGGBOY_03) August 31, 2025
The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts were transformed into Gotham City hospital, while Liverpool Central Library became Gotham City Crown Court.
Liverpool Central Library has become Gotham City Courthouse, on the set of Clayface.
— DCU Brief (@DCUBrief) September 1, 2025
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Elsewhere, Gotham City post boxes, newspapers, and graffiti have taken over the streets of Liverpool.
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— Liverpool City Region (@LpoolCityRegion) September 1, 2025
The spotlight fell on city region plans to become the 'Hollywood of the North' as the latest blockbuster began filming around Liverpool.
Streets around the Pier Head have been made over as Gotham City for DC Studios’ latest project, Clayface. The follow-up to 2022’s The… pic.twitter.com/aGHro1iLa2
The DCU Gotham in Liverpool 🌀
— DCU PRIME TV (@DCUPRIMETV) August 31, 2025
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Newspapers may have even given us a first look at Clayface himself.
A disfigured person has been spotted on a newspaper from set of ‘CLAYFACE’.
— DCU PRIME TV (@DCUPRIMETV) August 30, 2025
Could this be the first peak at Tom Rhys Harries’ version of CLAYFACE? 👀 pic.twitter.com/LQ2AsDp6wy
As well as its set taking over Liverpool, some of the stars of the film have also been spotted, including a bandaged Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, otherwise known as Clayface.
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— DC PRIME TV (@DCPRIMETV) September 2, 2025
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— "TN Todo Noticias" (@Todo_Noticia1) August 31, 2025
Tom Rhys Harries en 'CLAYFACE' de DC Studios. pic.twitter.com/jr0ESMwPPu
Both Eddie Marsan and Max Minghella have also been spotted on set, the latter set to play a Gotham City police detective who is dating Naomi Ackie’s character, the scientist responsible for creating Clayface.
Max Minghella on set of ‘CLAYFACE’.
— DCU PRIME TV (@DCUPRIMETV) September 1, 2025
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Tom Rhys Harries and Eddie Marsan on the set of ‘CLAYFACE’.
— DCU PRIME TV (@DCUPRIMETV) August 31, 2025
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Liverpool was previously used as a filming location for Robert Pattinson’s The Batman, with the film’s production designer James Chinlund telling the BBC Liverpool helped to “[Create] a real, authentic-looking Gotham” thanks to its “immense architecture that was Gothic, that we could put our visual effects on top of.”
All these new details from the film set are certainly creating a buzz for what's in store for the DC Universe.
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