BATGIRL Set Photo Reveals Lex Luthor's Status In The New DCEU And Teases Return Of Classic Batman Villain

BATGIRL Set Photo Reveals Lex Luthor's Status In The New DCEU And Teases Return Of Classic Batman Villain

A newly surfaced photo of a prop from the Glasgow set of Batgirl has revealed Lex Luthor's status in the next DC Extended Universe, while we may have an unexpected update on a returning Batman villain.

By JoshWilding - Feb 22, 2022 07:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl

With The Flash set to reboot the DC Extended Universe, photos from the set of Batgirl have offered our first look at the new world the Scarlet Speedster will create. In this reality, Michael Keaton's Batman is back as the Caped Crusader, and he'll be joining Barbara Gordon when she returns to the screen for an adventure that follows her transformation into a Gotham City vigilante. 

Now, a "Gotham Globe" newspaper spotted on the Glasgow, Scotland set of Batgirl has offered an intriguing update on a couple of noteworthy DC Comics villains. 

Tim Burton's Batman movies used that publication, of course, and the logo here is the same. The cover story, meanwhile, is "Lex Luther Jailed In Belle Reve Prison" (the content of the story itself is just filler). Upon closer inspection, we see another headline below that reads, "A Comeback For Cobblepot."

In Batman Returns, The Penguin - played by Danny DeVito - died after his battle with the Dark Knight. In this world, though, Oswald Cobblepot is clearly still alive and well. As for Lex, the iconic Superman villain being behind bars echoes what happened to the version of the character played by Jesse Eisenberg in Zack Snyder's DC movies (though Arkham Asylum is switched out for Belle Reve).

We'll see what ramifications these reveals have for the DCEU when Batgirl is released on HBO Max.
 

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DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 2/22/2022, 7:35 AM
Luther instead of Luthor, and Globe instead of Gazette? This is gonna be good...
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/22/2022, 7:41 AM
At least spell his name right if you're gonna "leak" this bs haha
Spagett
Spagett - 2/22/2022, 9:21 AM
@bobevanz - Saw this a while ago. It is on set, they just [frick]ed it up.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 2/22/2022, 7:42 AM
Wish we got a new Luthor with Corey Stoll from Antman or Bryan Cranston in the role.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 2/22/2022, 7:49 AM
@ModHaterSLADE -

Mark Strong is my pick for either DC's Lex or MCU's Xavier.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 2/22/2022, 8:48 AM
@ModHaterSLADE -

Would love to see Billy Zane as Luthor.

mistral1
mistral1 - 2/22/2022, 8:54 AM
@SatsuiNoJXA - that would be a perfect casting. But I expect nothing from WB.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 2/22/2022, 9:00 AM
@SatsuiNoJXA - He's the only one. His name in this context is that Perfection gif personified.
inkniron
inkniron - 2/22/2022, 9:05 AM
@ModHaterSLADE - I'm still down after all these years with Garret Hedlund
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 2/22/2022, 7:42 AM
LMAO. What a mess of a movie. Can't even get his name spelled correctly.
Eagles0589
Eagles0589 - 2/22/2022, 7:52 AM
What about the headline on the on the back of the page that says "Lois Lane Speaks Out"?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/22/2022, 8:04 AM
Spell check
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 2/22/2022, 8:05 AM
That news paper article is non specific nonsense. Anybody else read it?
Fares
Fares - 2/22/2022, 8:18 AM
Dabs
Dabs - 2/22/2022, 8:46 AM
Misspelled/wrong words used? Ah yes, this must be a Josh article.
inkniron
inkniron - 2/22/2022, 8:50 AM
Leaked image of Lex Luther in Belle Reve
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 2/22/2022, 10:11 AM
@inkniron - Lex LuthEr, the Netflix adaptation.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 2/22/2022, 8:54 AM
People flipping like this newspaper is going to be a big part of the movie. It’s going to be a blink and you miss it shot. Calm down.
grif
grif - 2/22/2022, 8:57 AM
its his cousin




McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/22/2022, 8:59 AM
Is this intentional?
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 2/22/2022, 10:23 AM
Why do the studios bother trying to get someone young enough to sign on for multiple movies that aren’t good actors (ex. Leto and Eisenberg) when they could sign an older actor who would do an amazing job (ex. Defoe as Joker and Cranston as Lex) in the role and possibly be signed on for less movies but produce better quality.. probably because they don’t want to pay for the quality actors and they can lowball young upcoming actors.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 2/22/2022, 12:55 PM
No way they have Lex Luther before another superman film.
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