The Briton had been a candidate for the role for months and had also sounded like one of the favorites to obtain the role of the protagonist.
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James Gunn keep working on Superman: Legacythe first film of his new DC Universe. The film, which will hit theaters in 2025, signed David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane before the actors’ strike. Now, the project seems to have found its villain.
James Gunn keep working on Superman: Legacythe first film of his new DC Universe. The film, which will hit theaters in 2025, signed David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane before the actors’ strike. Now, the project seems to have found its villain.
According to reports deadline, numerous sources close to the studio confirmed that the actor Nicholas Hoult He is the one chosen to give life to the evil one Lex Luthor, one of Superman’s main antagonists. The Briton had been a candidate for the role for months and had also sounded like one of the favorites to obtain the role of the protagonist.
Along with Hoult, they were also running for the role of Lex Luthor brothers Alexander Skarsgard and Bill Skarsgard. Finally, Hoult would have won the race to lead the DCU to a new version of the perverse villain.
According to information from months ago, Hoult showed up for the casting of Superman: Legacy both to become Lex Luthor and himself Clark Kent. And although he lost this last role in favor of Corenswet, Gunn He was so impressed with his tests that he would have chosen to keep him in the film.
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Previously, Luthor has been played on the big screen by actors such as Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey and Jesse Eisenberg in the different adaptations of Warner Bros. about the Man of Steel. With the reboot of the cinematic universe, it will be time for a new version to terrify the superhero and the public.
Superman: Legacy will hit theaters on July 11, 2025 under the direction of Gunn himself who, in addition to presiding over DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, will also be in charge of the script and direction of the film. Before, the new DCU will kick off with the animated series Creature Commandos, which will arrive sometime in 2024.
