Superman will work alongside an surprising ally in Man of Tomorrow.
In accordance with director and DC Studios co-head James Gunn, the Man of Metal will workforce up with none aside from his longtime nemesis Lex Luthor so as to face off in opposition to a fair better enemy.
“It is a story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work collectively to a sure diploma in opposition to a a lot, a lot greater risk,” Gunn stated throughout a latest look on The Howard Stern Present when requested concerning the upcoming sequel to 2025’s Superman.
“It’s extra difficult than that however that’s a giant a part of it. It’s as a lot a Lex film as it’s a Superman film. I liked working with Nicholas Hoult. I relate to the character of Lex, sadly. I actually wished to create one thing extraordinary with the 2 of them. I simply love the script a lot,” Gunn added.
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Whereas it’s unclear which villain Superman and Luthor might be compelled to place their noggins collectively to defeat, the Kryptonian hero has battled quite a few majorly highly effective, otherworldly foes in his comics over time, together with Doomsday, Brainiac, Common Zod, and Darkseid, to call a couple of.
In fact, it’s additionally seemingly Lex will discover loads of methods to antagonize Superman despite their alliance, and we will most likely depend on the self-serving mogul to do one thing slimy or secretive to advance his personal grasping wishes on the down-low. Nonetheless, we’ve seen loads of dangerous guys flip good or expertise character development in numerous superhero flicks, so we’ll give Lex an opportunity to shock us.
It’s additionally doable the pair can have some assist in their joint effort to save lots of the world, with the Justice Gang prone to seem within the sequel, in addition to doubtlessly some characters from HBO Max’s Peacemaker spinoff sequence, the forthcoming Season 2 finale of which Gunn not too long ago teased will straight arrange the occasions of Man of Tomorrow.
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The filmmaker first teased Lex Luthor’s involvement in Man of Tomorrow in a social media submit on Sept. 3 when he uploaded a Jim Lee comedian ebook illustration of Lex carrying his notorious Warsuit whereas standing subsequent to Superman.
Within the comics, the obsessed billionaire designs the swimsuit to offer himself the identical power and flying talents as his adversary. Now it appears Lex may don the swimsuit so as to help Superman of their battle in opposition to no matter risk they’ll face in Man of Tomorrow.
Throughout his chat with Howard Stern, Gunn additionally confirmed he plans to start taking pictures the Superman follow-up in April 2026, just a bit over a yr forward of the sequel’s scheduled July 9, 2027 theatrical launch date.
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