James Gunn is reportedly pitting the Skarsgård brothers in opposition to one another to painting the villain Lex Luthor in his upcoming movie, Superman: Legacy. As per The Hollywood Reporter’s sources, siblings Alexander and Invoice Skarsgård are in competitors for the position, although I personally really feel such as you’d get wildly completely different performances from them. Possibly DC Studios remains to be deciding on what tone to go for, because it charts its bold top-down reboot of the franchise, which might join all DC Comics films, TV collection, and animated collection below an overarching arc. The movie will concentrate on the youthful days of the Kryptonian superhero, and is being written and directed by Gunn himself — slated to launch July 11, 2025.
Each Alexander and Invoice Skarsgård have had experiences enjoying antagonists, with the previous showing because the abusive husband Perry Wright in HBO’s Large Little Lies, whereas Invoice portrayed the killer clown Pennywise within the It films. The latter is comically extra dramatic, which might swimsuit properly with comedian supervillains — however the character of Lex Luthor is that of a CEO and enterprise mogul who additionally occurs to be a genius. Coincidentally, Alexander did play a CEO not too long ago, searching for to purchase media conglomerate Waystar-Royco within the fourth and remaining season of Succession, which additionally matches fairly completely with Luthor’s persona.
On the identical time, Gunn appears to have taken a liking to The Flash’s director Andy Muschietti — even hiring him to direct Batman: The Courageous and the Daring — who helmed the It films with Invoice Skarsgård. Since DC movies will quickly type a brand new interconnected universe, I might see Muschietti being concerned in some inventive decision-making processes. See the place I am going with this? It is an limitless cycle that might’ve been resolved if each actors had been fused into one.
The report additionally mentions that within the early phases, Nicholas Hoult (The Menu) tried for Luthor’s half, earlier than shifting on to display take a look at for Superman/ Clark Kent. It is unclear whether or not he’ll put himself within the operating once more, within the occasion that he fails to earn the protagonist’s position. With The Flash popping out as a field workplace bomb, all eyes at the moment are on Gunn’s Superman: Legacy, the inaugural film for the revamped DC Universe.
The director held display checks to choose the appropriate pairing of Lois Lane and Clark Kent, early final week, assembling three actors and three actresses for the half. They had been paired as follows: Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel); Tom Brittney (Invasion) and Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton); and David Corenswet (Pearl) and Emma Mackey (Intercourse Schooling). Assessments had been carried out on two separate days — day one with regular Every day Planet apparel and day two with Superman’s swimsuit. Apparently, the report notes that solely Mackey was invited on the second day.
Gunn is actually taking a back-to-basics method with Superman: Legacy, exhibiting a model far completely different from Zack Snyder’s grittier model, embodying a standard Kansas farmboy and a hero that everybody can look as much as. The filmmaker hopes to start out rolling cameras in early 2024, which ought to occur as scheduled since Gunn turned over the script earlier than the writers’ strike started. The movie will kickstart the brand new chapter within the bigger DCU, titled ‘Gods and Monsters,’ a whole launch slate that Gunn and co-chair Peter Safran revealed, earlier this 12 months.
Superman: Legacy is slated to launch July 11, 2025.
