{"id":678845,"date":"2026-06-02T00:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678845\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:47:09","slug":"lex-luthor-iconic-warsuit-to-fight-superman-in-man-of-tomorrow-set-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678845\/","title":{"rendered":"Lex Luthor Iconic Warsuit To Fight Superman In ‘Man Of Tomorrow’ Set Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJames Gunn<\/a> understands fan service.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe DC<\/a> Studios Co-chairman and Co-CEO and director of the forthcoming Superman<\/a> film Man of Tomorrow<\/a> gave die hards new look at at old favorite: Lex Luthor<\/a>\u2018s purple and green war suit, which enables him to fight on a more level playing field with the Man of Steel.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit, adapted from Kryptonian power armor,\u00a0gives Luthor massive strength \u2014 though not as great as that of Superman. It also allows him to fight toe-to-toe with his archnemesis for short periods of time and weather Superman\u2019s blows.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuthor\u2019s warsuit famously made an appearance on the cover of Action Comics No. 544, an issue that had two stories: \u201cLuthor Unleashed!\u201d which revolves around the Lexcorp genius seeking retribution with his new suit of armor and \u201cRebirth!\u201d in which Superman battles a new version of his robotic foe, Braniac.<\/p>\n

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\n\t Interestingly, there is a parallel to the upcoming film. Deadline revealed exclusively in December<\/a> that German actor\u00a0Lars Eidinger<\/a>\u00a0will play Brainiac in James Gunn\u2019s movie. It marks the first time the character will appear on the big screen. Braniac was created by writer\u00a0Otto Binder\u00a0and artist\u00a0Al Plastino, and made his debut in Action Comics #242, just two issues before the above cover.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe\u00a0Superman\u00a0director and DC Studio Co-Boss told Howard Stern recently that the next movie is \u201ca story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work together to a certain degree against a much, much bigger threat.\u201d Hmmm\u2026Could that be Brainiac?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie,\u201d added Gunn.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the comics, there are many versions of Luthor\u2019s suit. The image shared by Gunn today reveals the familiar, Buzz Lightyear-adjacent color scheme, albeit with more green than purple. It also looks a little beefier than traditional versions of the suit.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLex Luthor\u2019s battlesuit in \u2018Man of Tomorrow\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Gunn Instagram<\/p>\n

\n\tMan of Tomorrow\u00a0was expected to begin production in April for a theatrical release on July 9, 2027.\u00a0The previous Superman\u00a0film was Gunn\u2019s first big tentpole for the new DC Studios led by himself and Peter Safran; that pic grossed over $616M around the world.<\/p>\n

In Man of Tomorrow, \u00a0Nicholas Hoult again plays Lex Luthor<\/a>, Rachel Brosnahan reprises as Lois Lane, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathon Fillion as Guy Gardner and Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific. Adria Arjona is on board to play Maxima and Aaron Pierre is also in the pic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore that, DC Studios has Supergirl\u00a0set to open in theaters on June 26. The film stars<\/a> Milly\u00a0Alcock in the titular role.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn sharing the image today, Gunn wrote, \u201cFit check. Live from the set of Man of Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn understands fan service. The DC Studios Co-chairman and Co-CEO and director of the forthcoming Superman film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[5059,88,208,9421,82661,206,209],"class_list":["post-678845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dc","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-lex-luthor","tag-man-of-tomorrow","tag-movies","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}