SUPERMAN: LEGACY Director James Gunn Makes It Official - Nicholas Hoult Is Our New Lex Luthor

SUPERMAN: LEGACY Director James Gunn Makes It Official - Nicholas Hoult Is Our New Lex Luthor

Following the recent trade reports, James Gunn has finally confirmed that X-Men and Mad Max: Fury Road star Nicholas Hoult will play Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy.

By MarkCassidy - Dec 11, 2023 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman: Legacy

Superman: Legacy director James Gunn has taken to Instagram to officially announce Nicholas Hoult's casting as Lex Luthor in the upcoming DCU reboot.

The trades reported that Hoult had landed the role over a week ago, but Gunn, who usually chimes in to confirm any new casting news, was notably silent on social media.

In his post accompanying the announcement, the filmmaker explained that he's only now commenting on Hoult's casting because the deal was just finalised a couple of days ago. He also promised that this latest take on the iconic DC Comics villain will be "different from anything you've seen before."

"Yes, finally I can answer, @nicholashoult is Lex Luthor in #SupermanLegacy and I couldn’t be happier," the GOTG Vol. 3 director wrote. "We went out to dinner last night to celebrate and discuss how we can create a Lex that will be different from anything you’ve seen before and will never forget. “But, James, we heard this weeks ago, why didn’t you tell us it was true?” Because, although we were discussing it, it wasn’t final until a couple days ago and I don’t want to tell you all something that isn’t certain. Anyway, here’s to Lex (and Nicholas!), one of my very favorite characters in the DCU."

Hoult will join David Corenswet as the Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, along with Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern Guy Gardner, and Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho.

More recently, Sara Sampaio signed on to play Lex's assistant/lover Eve Teschmacher, and Skyler Gisondo has been cast as Jimmy Olsen.

Members of the anti-hero team The Authority will also appear, and we recently learned that María Gabriela de Faría (Animal Control) has been cast as Angela Spica/The Engineer.

Supergirl is also rumored to make her debut ahead of her own Woman of Tomorrow movie, but that's yet to be confirmed.

We're still not sure exactly how these other superheroes will factor into the story, but Gunn has previously revealed that Superman's dual-life as both Clark Kent and the Man of Steel will be explored in the film, suggesting that these characters will be his "super friends." Whether they'll be part of an actual team or not remains to be seen.

“Superman: Legacy is the true foundation of our creative vision for the DC Universe. Not only is Superman an iconic part of DC lore, he is also a favorite character for comic book readers, viewers of earlier movies, and fans around the world," said Gunn during the DCU slate announcement. "I can’t wait to introduce our version of Superman who audiences will be able to follow and get to know across films, movies, animation and gaming.”

Production is scheduled to get underway early next year.

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MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 12/11/2023, 12:52 PM

Couldn't be any happier about it.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/11/2023, 1:46 PM
@MCUKnight11 - He's young, smug, and very pompous. It's perfect casting.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 12/11/2023, 12:52 PM
Please be bald and clean shaved!
Taonrey
Taonrey - 12/11/2023, 2:07 PM
@MasterMix - I mean…. He’s played bald before lol
jst5
jst5 - 12/11/2023, 4:47 PM
@MasterMix - Gunn has said Rosenbaum is his model for Lex.....so I expect the DCU's Lex to be very similar to the Smallville Lex in some ways...which I'm all for.
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 12/11/2023, 7:37 PM
@Taonrey -
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/11/2023, 12:52 PM
He's a pretty versatile actor so I'm glad he got the role.
TheLight
TheLight - 12/11/2023, 6:44 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Same here. I'm hoping we get a solid Lex Luthor similar to Smallville's.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/11/2023, 12:54 PM
Oh what a lovely day.

I’ve always really liked this guy and thought he had a lot of range. He’ll do a good job.
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 12/11/2023, 12:54 PM
Huzzah!
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 12/11/2023, 12:56 PM
Yikes.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 12/11/2023, 12:56 PM
Plz give us a serious Lex and not the goofy looney toon Lex we've been getting since the OG.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 12/11/2023, 1:03 PM
@HashTagSwagg - I really hope so too.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/11/2023, 12:57 PM
He's very young for Lex. I do trust Gunn on casting, though, so I'm sure he has something interesting planned.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/11/2023, 1:08 PM
@MarkCassidy - I always thought Lex should be older than Supe to show he’s had more real world experience. Billy Zane would have been my choice

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mRnWhOwVQ1g/Tbyt6unTrhI/AAAAAAAAQBU/vmVDv87nuYg/s1600/JLA%252520Luthor.JPG
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 12/11/2023, 1:53 PM
@Matchesz - He's been the obvious choice for a lot of people for years.
TheLight
TheLight - 12/11/2023, 6:42 PM
@MarkCassidy - To be fair, Michael Rosenbaum's Lex on Smallville was only 5yrs older than Clark so this isn't something new. It helps to have a Lex that has some sage while at the same time still virile to take on physical challenges.
TheLight
TheLight - 12/11/2023, 6:45 PM
@Matchesz - Billy Zane was my dream choice for Lex. But he's far too old for the role.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/11/2023, 12:57 PM
Sweet!!.

Looking forward to seeing him as Lex , I think he’ll do well in the role.





harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 12/11/2023, 12:57 PM
Michael Cera was my top pick, boy got completely shredded this year.
SirDuckAlot
SirDuckAlot - 12/11/2023, 12:58 PM
I wanna see a somewhat buff Lex similar to the animated series.
eddyxx
eddyxx - 12/11/2023, 1:03 PM
@SirDuckAlot - Hoult has a good height and frame. I could easily see him getting buff for the role.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 12/11/2023, 1:03 PM
@SirDuckAlot - Well, he could've call Dave Bautista since he's using all his old GOTG cast.



You know what...I posted that pic of him as a joke...but he would'nt been such a bad choice.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/11/2023, 1:04 PM
@SirDuckAlot - or like All-Star Superman, Lex.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 12/11/2023, 12:59 PM
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/11/2023, 12:59 PM
😎 Nice.

Shame they couldn't find an American though.
SteelGunZ
SteelGunZ - 12/11/2023, 1:34 PM
@EskimoJ - BOL
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 12/11/2023, 1:00 PM
Hopefully he's next...
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/11/2023, 1:03 PM
He should kill it.

Hope we see a lot of All Star Lex Luthor. I get the sense Gunn, given his sensibilities, will lean into Lex as a megalomaniac and evil genius. The sci-fi aspects of his genius as an inventor.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/11/2023, 1:10 PM
@GhostDog - I could see that

If I’m not mistaken , he’s said All Star and Birthright are both influences for him on this and that has Lex as a scientific genius too

Plus given the closeness in age with Hoult being 34 and Corenswet being 30 , I wouldn’t be surprised if Lex & Clark know each other from childhood like in Birthright
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