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A new leak has spilled out from the set of Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow<\/a> \u2013 and it spells trouble for Lex Luthor and the citizens of Metropolis.<\/p>\n As reported by ComicBook.com<\/a>, a video from the outskirts of the set<\/a> in Georgia appears to show Brainiac’s demands to the good people of the iconic DC city.<\/p>\n “Attention, citizens of Metropolis: I am your overlord. If you do not hand over Lex Luthor, I will blow up the city,” a stand-in for what is surely Lars Eidinger’s Brainiac announces during one terse moment.<\/p>\n While the context of the scene \u2013 and its placement in Man of Tomorrow is unclear \u2013 it paints a picture of the extraterrestrial DC supervillain having his sights firmly set on Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor rather than David Corenswet’s Superman.<\/p>\n Thankfully for Lex, he has an ace up his sleeve in the shape of his warsuit<\/a>, which was paraded on social media by director James Gunn and is completely practical.<\/p>\n That’s not to say Superman and Brainiac won’t cross paths. Far from it. After all, the pair have a storied, momentous history dating back to Brainiac’s DC Comics debut in 1958’s Action Comics #242.<\/p>\n James Gunn has even pointed out<\/a> why the pair are, philosophically at least, diametric opposites from each other.<\/p>\n “Brainiac is what happens when intelligence loses ALL connection to humanity. And Superman is as human as anyone, so\u2026 I get why they have beef,” Gunn wrote on Twitter<\/a> in a post celebrating the anniversary of Brainiac’s debut.<\/p>\n Man of Tomorrow, which is currently filming, opens in cinemas on July 9, 2027.<\/p>\n For more, check out our guide to DCU Chapter One<\/a> and a look at how to watch the DC movies in order<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,115523,134,5605,196756,118797,344,124648,5606],"class_list":["post-715608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brainiac","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-lars-eidinger","tag-lex-luthor","tag-movies","tag-nicholas-hoult","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}