Superman and Lex Luthor Will Team Up to Fight Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow, Report Claims

As galore fans had expected, Superman and Lex Luthor volition reportedly signifier an uneasy confederation to decision Braniac successful James Gunn's upcoming Man of Tomorrow.

Speculation that classical Superman villain Brainiac would beryllium the movie's large atrocious has been rife among fans ever since Gunn teased a publication representation backmost successful September showing an anatomical illustration of a brain.

Now, The Wrap states that it has confirmed Brainiac is so Man of Tomorrow's main focus, and the crushed that David Corenswet's Superman and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor are forced to squad up together.

Superman and Brainiac from Action Comics #868. Image credit: DC Comics.

Aside from Gunn's anterior tease, Brainiac's quality successful the Superman sequel simply makes a batch of sense. The database of classical villains large capable to spark a Superman/Lex confederation was ne'er a agelong one, and the quality of Brainiac volition apt payment from the quality not having appeared successful a large Superman movie before.

Frequently depicted arsenic a green-skinned cyborg, Brainiac could easy beryllium seen arsenic a menace to some Superman and Lex, arsenic his alien hunger to predominate the beingness is lone outmatched by his galaxy-brained intellect.

"It is simply a communicative astir Lex Luthor and Superman having to enactment together, to a definite degree, against a much, overmuch bigger threat," Gunn teased previously. "And it's much analyzable than that. It's arsenic overmuch a Lex movie arsenic it is simply a Superman movie. I subordinate to the quality of Lex Luthor, sadly."

At the time, fans pointed to Brainiac arsenic the cleanable foil for the astute but jealous Luthor, who would apt beryllium unhappy getting usurped again.

"That's the halfway of Lex for me," Gunn continued, discussing Luthor's retired of power jealousy. "Three years ago, earlier Superman came along, helium was considered the top feline successful the world, adjacent with different metahumans and superheroes successful the world. And past successful 1 fell swoop, this feline comes successful wearing a silly costume, with dimples, and a charming smile, and a large chin, and he's forgotten."

Full accumulation connected Man of Tomorrow is expected to statesman successful April 2026, up of the movie's merchandise successful theaters connected July 9, 2027. While we hold for much from Gunn and the remainder of the DC team, you tin cheque retired everything other we cognize astir Man of Tomorrow. You tin besides work astir its connections to Peacemaker Season 2.

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