{"id":2198786,"date":"2025-12-14T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2198786"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:26:09","slug":"man-of-tomorrow-james-gunn-says-none-of-the-rumored-names-are-being-for-brainiac-including-dave-bautista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/man-of-tomorrow-james-gunn-says-none-of-the-rumored-names-are-being-for-brainiac-including-dave-bautista\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Of Tomorrow: James Gunn Says None Of The Rumored Names Are Being For Brainiac, Including Dave Bautista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">When <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0348181\/\">James Gunn<\/a> shared a first look at his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37833661\/\">Man of Tomorrow<\/a> script with an anatomical drawing of a brain on its cover, many fans\u2014understandably\u2014took it as confirmation that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4193478\/\">Brainiac<\/a> would be the movie&#8217;s big bad.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0861923\/\">Wrap<\/a> has since reported that the filmmaker is looking to cast the iconic villain for his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5950044\/\">Superman<\/a> sequel, and names like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1741002\/\">Matt Smith<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0051903\/\">Claes Bang<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005377\/\">Sam Rockwell<\/a>, and, more recently, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1176985\/\">Dave Bautista<\/a>, have all done the rounds online.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2188309\/\">Jeff Sneider<\/a> has stated that his comments suggesting the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2015381\/\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a> star is the frontrunner to play the Dcu&#8217;s Brainiac were taken out of context. Regardless, the filmmaker took to Threads&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When James Gunn shared a first look at his Man of Tomorrow script with an anatomical drawing of a brain on its cover, many fans\u2014understandably\u2014took it as confirmation that Brainiac would be the movie&#8217;s big bad. 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