{"id":306667,"date":"2025-11-25T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306667\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:51:10","slug":"james-gunn-likes-incredible-man-of-tomorrow-concept-art-of-brainiac-fighting-david-corenswets-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306667\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Likes Incredible MAN OF TOMORROW Concept Art Of Brainiac Fighting David Corenswet\u2019s Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"

People are eagerly anticipating the release of 2027’s Man of Tomorrow. Lex Luthor was a ruthless villain in Superman, but in this\u00a0upcoming adventure, he will have to team up with Clark Kent to stop a greater evil: Brainiac. After a lot of speculation following a screenplay teaser from director James Gunn, The Wrap confirmed Brainiac<\/a> was, indeed, Man of Tomorrow’s\u00a0main baddie.<\/p>\n

The character\u00a0is one of the most ruthless adversaries in the DC Universe. As such, there’s a lot of excitement about how he will be portrayed, and how powerful he’ll be depicted as being. He’s also visually unique, which has naturally sparked eagerness from fans to see the look he’ll sport in the sequel. With the movie being nearly two years away, we still have no hint regarding his characterization or aesthetic. However, an awesome piece of fan-made concept art provides a cool idea for both aspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aside from its undeniable quality, there’s something special about this particular\u00a0piece: DC Studios co-CEO and Superman director James Gunn “liked” it. Illustrator and concept artist Dipankar\u00a0Talukdar posted a piece of concept art created by them on Instagram,\u00a0featuring Brainiac battling David Corenswet’s Superman, with Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor right behind them:<\/p>\n


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The artist captioned the post with: “Brainiac Attacks! A take on the Man of Steel and Lex Luthor battling Brainiac.” As mentioned, the piece received Gunn’s stamp of approval.<\/p>\n

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The director\u00a0has been known to prop up artists and creatives online, so this was likely not him teasing the villain’s look, and instead was him simply supporting Talukdar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brainiac is a particularly exciting pick as an adversary for Superman, given that we’ve never seen<\/a> the hero go up against someone like him. Throughout his extensive cinematic history, the Man of Steel has, for the most part, only\u00a0fought Lex Luthor, Zod, or some sort of evil version of himself. Brainiac presents a much-needed change of pace for the character.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He’s remarkably\u00a0strong, yes, but he also has a powerful\u00a0brain filled with ancient universal knowledge, and an unnervingly cold and calculating attitude. On top of that, he\u00a0has a great deal of alien tech at this disposal\u2014tech that has\u00a0no issues\u00a0presenting a challenge for the Last Son of Krypton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On paper, Brainiac can be the most threatening adversary Kal-El\u00a0has faced. The concept art shown here is a perfect representation of how exciting a Superman vs. Brainiac (with Lex Luthor) fight can be if done properly. Man of Tomorrow will, hopefully, live up to that potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No one has been cast as Brainiac yet, but possible\u00a0candidates for the role have already been rumored. Earlier in November, Grace Randolph claimed<\/a> that three\u00a0of the actors in consideration for the part were David Hyde Pierce (Hellboy, The Exorcism), Claes Bang (The Square, The Northman), and Wallace Shawn (Clueless, Young Sheldon).\u00a0Most recently<\/a>, MyTimeToShineHello, said:\u00a0“There are mostly unknown names and [three]\u00a0big names testing for Brainiac (so far).”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Man of Tomorrow will fly into theaters on July 9, 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What did you think about this unofficial Man of Tomorrow concept art? What do you want to see form Brainiac in the DCU? Share your thoughts below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People are eagerly anticipating the release of 2027’s Man of Tomorrow. Lex Luthor was a ruthless villain in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,5106,5768,8091,2013,75,867,137349,93532,9068,67308,337,5110,14349,5769],"class_list":["post-306667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-david-corenswet","tag-dc-studios","tag-dc-universe","tag-dcu","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-last-son-of-krypton","tag-lex-luthor","tag-man-of-steel","tag-man-of-tomorrow","tag-movies","tag-nicholas-hoult","tag-superheroes","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}