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Superman, James Gunn and Lex Luthor

With the New Lex Luthor, James Gunn’s Superman Proves That Supervillains Should Be Petty

Pull out your party hats, DC fans, because James Gunn’s Superman film is now in theaters. The first film installment in the new DC Universe franchise is entering its opening weekend with mostly positive reviews,

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James Gunn fixes Lex Luthor’s biggest problems in Superman

Superman is the most powerful superhero in DC Comics, able to go toe to toe with its most powerful villains, like Darkseid and Brainiac. That’s why it’s surprising that his nemesis is Lex Luthor, a man without any superpowers.

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James Gunn's 'Superman' soars, earning over $200 million worldwide during its opening weekend

"Superman," written and directed by James Gunn, brings Clark Kent and his superhero alter ego back to the silver screen.

Now That People Are Seeing Superman, They Can't Get Over Nicholas Hoult As Lex Luthor: 'Up There With Heath Ledger's Joker'

Lex Luthor? When it comes to the positive takes critics have shared about James Gunn’s Superman, a considerable amount of ...

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Director James Gunn on "Superman" release, character's immigrant story and how kindness shapes the film

"Superman" director James Gunn spoke with "CBS Mornings" about the movie's debut, character relationships and how it relates ...

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Why 'Superman' star Nicholas Hoult plays Lex Luthor as 'alpha' cult leader

Lex Luthor steals dogs and antagonizes superheroes in "Superman," yet Nicholas Hoult's villain still finds a posse by his side for baddie shenanigans.

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A New Day for DC: Breaking Down ‘Superman’ Salaries, Budgets and More as Studio Fast-Tracks ‘Wonder Woman’ and Its Future

James Gunn's 'Superman' debuted to $220 million worldwide. Industry insiders are divided over whether that's a success or not.

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The many lives of Lex Luthor: The comic book history of Superman's arch enemy

Since his debut in 1940's Action Comics #23, Luthor has evolved from a somewhat gimmicky Golden Age bad guy into one of the ...

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SUPERMAN Has a Tiny Cameo From the SMALLVILLE Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum

Superman features a very brief voice cameo from a second Lex Luthor actor besides Nicholas Hoult, Smallville's Michael ...

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‘Superman' Composers on Honoring John Williams' Original Heroic Theme and Creating Lex Luthor's Villain Motif

Nicholas Hoult plays the perfect megalomaniac, Lex Luthor, in James Gunn's "Superman." As Superman's arch-nemesis, the ...

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Superman (2025)’s Biggest Unanswered Question Could Seemingly Set up DCU’s next Villain

James Gunn might have given us a tease for who the ultimate villain of DCU will turn out to be through Superman, and here's what we think.

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After Superman, I'm convinced that Lex Luthor is already a more exciting supervillain than Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom

Robert Downey Jr.'s casting as Doctor Doom in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday rocked the internet when it was announced, but ...

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