{"id":2295691,"date":"2026-02-23T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295691"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:51:13","slug":"man-of-tomorrow-james-gunn-teases-lex-luthors-team-up-with-superman-while-marking-villains-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/man-of-tomorrow-james-gunn-teases-lex-luthors-team-up-with-superman-while-marking-villains-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Of Tomorrow: James Gunn Teases Lex Luthor&#8217;s Team Up With Superman While Marking Villain&#8217;s Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1064049\/\">DC Studios<\/a> co-ceo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0348181\/\">James Gunn<\/a> frequently celebrates the anniversaries of DC Comics&#8217; most iconic characters on social media, and today, it&#8217;s the turn of classic Superman villain, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm13104352\/\">Lex Luthor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much to the surprise of many fans, the filmmaker decided to put a new spin on Lex in last summer&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5950044\/\">Superman<\/a> movie. It was a surprise because Lex is a villain we&#8217;ve seen in countless other adaptations, and while he was joined by The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0618140\/\">Engineer<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3118212\/\">Ultraman<\/a>, his big screen return was seemingly all part of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11874338\/\">Gunn<\/a>&#8216;s wider plan for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37833661\/\">Man of Tomorrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In that movie, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0396558\/\">Nicholas Hoult<\/a>&#8216;s Lex will don his green and purple War Suit from the&#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>DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn frequently celebrates the anniversaries of DC Comics&#8217; most iconic characters on social media, and today, it&#8217;s the turn of classic Superman villain, Lex Luthor. Much to the surprise of many fans, the filmmaker decided to put a new spin on Lex in last summer&#8217;s Superman movie. 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