Like his animated counterpart, the Luthor in the 2025 Superman is carrying out a complicated war against Superman that comes with a huge cash outlay: He covertly supplies the fictional nation of Boravia with $80 billion in weapons, plotting with the Boravian president to seize control of neighboring Jarhanpur, then split the country between them.

The following contains spoilers from James Gunn’s Superman movie, now in theaters. A significant plot element from James Gunn’s Superman film will factor into Peacemaker Season 2. Vice versa, actually.

Superman is here and it has definitely met many of the expectations that were set for it. It has everything you could want from a summer blockbuster movie, and its biggest strength is its characters.

When taking on a timeless role like Lex Luthor for James Gunn’s Superman movie, it helps to get advice from actors who’ve been in the villainous role before. Batman V. Superman ’s Lex Luthor’s Jesse Eisenberg's blunt advice to Nicholas Hoult was… basically not to watch his performance.

James Gunn is opening up about letting Henry Cavill go from the DCU. During a recent appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, the “Superman” director explained that as his deal to take over DC Studios closed,

While James Gunn's Superman sticks close to comic book canon, Lex Luthor's motivations echo previous live-action iterations of the villain.

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