Look up! It isn’t a bird. It isn’t a plane. And it sure as Krypton ain’t Superman. It is however our first look at James Gunn’s upcoming Superman sequel Man Of Tomorrow — or at least Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor on the set of the upcoming DCU blockbuster. Yes, in what is now becoming typical Gunn fashion, the DC Studios head honcho took to Instagram this afternoon to reveal a photo of Hoult’s supervillain Luthor, in full emerald green Warsuit mode, ‘live from the set of Man Of Tomorrow‘ — per his own words. Check it out below;
Hoo boy — here we go! Now yes, before you come out swinging with your “ackshyually”s, we know Lex Luthor’s war suit in DC comics is traditionally represented as an exoskeleton essentially designed to help Luthor level the playing field with the Kryptonian thorn in his side. But, as we also know, Man Of Tomorrow is actually set to see Hoult’s Lex and David Corenswet’s Supes buddy up to take on a threat far bigger than their feud, classic silver age comic book supervillain Brainiac (Lars Eidinger). So, the smart money is on Lex either breaking out of prison dressed as the world’s deadliest Christmas tree decoration before allying with the Man of Steel against Brainiac, or debuting his high-tech new threads on the field of battle itself. (It is of note that Luthor appears to be either on a sandy planet, or just a sort-of Dune-looking beach, in this shot — so perhaps there’s some more off-world action heading our way as Gunn bulks out his more cosmic take on the DC Universe.)
Outside of the return of Hoult and his shiny bonce, and Corenswet’s Clark Kent, we also know that Man Of Tomorrow is going to bring us Adria Arjona as Maxima, an alien queen with a serious Supes obsession (at least, she has one in Marvel’s comics). Elsewhere, Lanterns star Aaron Pierre is bringing his Green Lantern, John Stewart, from the small to the big screen for Gunn’s latest blockbuster, Matthew Lillard has been cast in an as-yet-unrevealed role, and Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), Guy Gardner (Nathon Fillion) and Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific) are all set to return for next summer’s DC blockbuster. We’ll see how they all fare when Man Of Tomorrow soars into cinemas on 9 July, 2027. But before then, Supergirl awaits! 26 June better come around faster than a speeding bullet or we might have to bust out our own warsuits… and you don’t want that!
