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Brainiac has arrived! German actor Lars Eidinger will play the DC Comics mega-villain inMan of Tomorrow, director and studio co-head James Gunn announced on social media Saturday.
"In our worldwide search for Brainiac inMan of Tomorrow, Lars Eidinger rose to the top," Gunn wrote on Twitter/X and Threads. "Welcome to the DCU, Lars."
Eidinger joins David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Kal-El and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in the upcoming follow-up toSuperman.
Gunn first teased the arrival of Brainiacin September when he posted a photo of theMan of Tomorrowscript. The cover featured a brain-centric image, but the filmmaker played coy on the matter up until now.
"Listen, of course I wasn't unaware that when I posted the cover of the script that there was going to be discussion around that particular topic,"he toldEntertainment Weeklylater that month. "But I think we'll hold off from what exactly is happening."
Eidinger is a German actor and rapper based out of Berlin. He's perhaps most internationally recognized for playing Reinhold von Rumpel, the cruel Gestapo officer in Netflix's Emmy-nominated adaptation ofAll the Light We Cannot See. He also featured in HBO'sIrma Vep, starring Alicia Vikander, as drug-addicted actor Gottfried.
He's seen on screen this year in the George Clooney- and Adam Sandler-fronted awards season contenderJay Kelly. Noah Baumbach, the director of Jay Kelly, previously cast Eidinger in his 2022 filmWhite Noise.
Superman, released this past summer, saw tech billionaire Lex Luthor pitting his brains against the Man of Steel's brawn in a fight that nearly destroyed all of Metropolis.Man of Tomorrow, coming to theaters July 9, 2027, will now see them working together against a bigger threat. We now know that threat to be Brainiac.
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"It's as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie,"Gunn told Howard Stern. "I loved working with Nicholas Hoult. I relate to the character of Lex, sadly. I really wanted to create something extraordinary with the two of them. I just love the script so much."
Other casting hasn't been confirmed at this time. However,Isabela Merced, who played Hawkgirl inSupermanandPeacemakerseason 2, also teased herMan of Tomorrowinvolvement bywriting "see you soon" in a past Instagram Story.
Gunn describesMan of Tomorrowas the next installment of the "Superman Saga," which will also include next year'sSupergirl, starring Milly Alcock as Kal-El's troubled boozehound cousin Kara Zor-El. Based on the acclaimed Woman of Tomorrow comic book arc, that film will enter our orbit on June 26, 2026.
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