Warning! This submit comprises SPOILERS for Peacemaker season 2, episode 4The DCU is already organising its upcoming R-rated Batman spinoff. Following the discharge of Superman in 2025, 2026 will see the discharge of Supergirl and Clayface from DC Studios, each of which will likely be set within the new DCU canon. Nevertheless, the latest DCU launch could assist arrange Clayface in some thrilling methods.
Peacemaker season 2 has been revealing Chris Smith’s misadventures, having found a parallel dimension the place he is seen as a beloved hero with all the things he is ever needed. That mentioned, Peacemaker’s additionally being focused by ARGUS, now run by Rick Flag Sr. Following Peacemaker season 2, episode 4, the present DCU present could assist arrange 2026’s Clayface.
Peacemaker Season 2 Simply Noticed Rick Flag Referencing His Again Harm (From Clayface)
When Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr. meets with Emila Harcourt to request her assist to usher in Peacemaker, a earlier damage is talked about the place Flag lately had his again damaged.
This occurred in 2024’s animated Creature Commandos collection. Within the first official DCU undertaking, Rick Flag and David Harbour’s Eric Frankenstein uncover a hidden plot involving the nation of Pokolistan. This ends in an encounter with Matt Hagen’s Clayface, the traditional Batman villain who will quickly be getting his personal live-action film in 2026.
Though Clayface was electrocuted with items of his monstrous and clay-like physique exploding in all places, it wasn’t earlier than he broke Rick Flag’s again over his knee, not in contrast to the traditional second from DC Comics the place Bane did the identical factor to Batman.
It is enjoyable to see the interconnectivity of the DCU on show throughout live-action and animated initiatives, although it is also potential that Peacemaker season 2 may be organising larger issues to come back because the collection continues.
2026’s Clayface Will Reveal Matt Hagen’s DCU Origins (However What About His Current?)
Presently, we all know that the upcoming Clayface film will cowl Matt Hagen’s origins, a struggling actor who will get his face disfigured, leading to his determination to take an experimental drug that transforms his physique right into a clay-like substance, permitting him to take a number of kinds and shapeshift.
Nevertheless, we nonetheless do not know Clayface’s present DCU standing within the current, apart from that bits of him have been found by ARGUS’ John Economos and Amanda Waller by the end of Creature Commandos. Primarily based on the comics, we all know that Clayface can reconstitute his distinctive physique construction, making him extremely exhausting to kill.
As such, Clayface is greater than seemingly within the custody of ARGUS throughout the occasions of Peacemaker season 2. This might result in a few thrilling outcomes, the primary being that we’d get a Clayface cameo earlier than the season’s finish, teeing up the character even additional forward of his full-feature film.
It is also potential that the upcoming Clayface movie itself might function Matt Hagen in ARGUS custody within the current, together with his origins intercut from the DCU’s previous. Both method, it will likely be very thrilling if Clayface continues to be teased because the DCU will get nearer to the upcoming physique horror films releasing subsequent yr.
New episodes of Peacemaker season 2 launch Thursdays on HBO Max. Clayface is ready to launch on September 11, 2026.
