Superman, James Gunn and Lex Luthor
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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.
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Screen Rant on MSNJames Gunn Reveals Which Guardians of the Galaxy Star Was Almost Cast As Lex Luthor & Why He Chose Nicholas Hoult InsteadPrior to casting Nicholas Hoult to play Lex Luthor, James Gunn revealed that he had asked a Guardians of the Galaxy star to play Superman's nemesis.
While James Gunn's Superman sticks close to comic book canon, Lex Luthor's motivations echo previous live-action iterations of the villain.