Lars Eidinger has been tapped to star as Brainiac in James Gunn’s Superman follow-up “Man of Tomorrow,” the filmmaker announced on Saturday.
Gunn said on social media: “In our worldwide search for Brainiac in ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ Lars Eidinger rose to the top. Welcome to the Dcu, Lars.”
The fact that Brainiac remains such an integral aspect of Superman canon despite lacking a big-screen adaptation speaks to the lasting popularity of the character. Created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino, the villain first appeared in 1958’s “Action Comics #242” — making him even older than Superman mainstays like General Zod and Kara Zor-El’s Supergirl.
This story introduced the green-skinned alien Brainiac,…
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