James Watkins is set to direct Clayface, DC’s creature feature scripted by Mike Flanagan, sources have confirmed to Deadline. DC Studios declined to comment. We were recently first to tell you that both Watkins and Jeff Wadlow were among those in the mix to helm the Clayface film.

Sources told THR that Clayface “is budgeted at $40 million and is a Hollywood horror tale centering on a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to keep himself relevant, only to find out that he can reshape his face and form,