SUPERMAN & LOIS Producer Confirms Milton Fine/Brainiac Is Coming To Season 4 But Won't Be Played By [SPOILER]

SUPERMAN & LOIS Producer Confirms Milton Fine/Brainiac Is Coming To Season 4 But Won't Be Played By [SPOILER]

Superman & Lois executive producer Brent Fletcher has confirmed that the Milton Fine version of Brainiac is coming to the show's fourth and final season, but reveals which gues star won't be playing him...

By JoshWilding - Oct 13, 2024 06:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman & Lois
Source: ComicBook.com

In the season 4 premiere of Superman & Lois, we learned that Lex Luthor is in cahoots with an unseen character called "Milton." He created the box which will house the Man of Steel's heart, though Amanda McCoy warns Lex not to inflate the "braniac's" ego with his praise for the device. 

It didn't take comic book fans long to figure out that Milton is likely Milton Fine, a very early iteration of Brainiac who wasn't an alien and instead performed as a sideshow mentalist ("The Amazing Brainiac").

Now, it's been confirmed that Fine is indeed coming to Superman & Lois during the show's fourth and final season.

"Considering what we needed for our story, when the opportunity presented itself to use Milton, it worked out great," executive producer Brent Fletcher told ComicBook.com in a recent interview. "This is a completely different version of this guy, so that was exciting. We always like to tell our own version of [the story], and it ends up being pretty fun."

Fine also took centre stage during what's become known as Superman's "Triangle Era." In the 1990s, the four monthly Superman comics all told interconnected stories and included many characters who have since appeared in The CW series. 

Fletcher said they're not pulling too much from that iteration because this version of Milton "felt like he was pretty specific to the show."

"It’s just time and space. We have ten episodes. We don’t have a ton of time to really develop the full Triangle Era brainiac, you know? But the one we have, I think, is pretty enjoyable for where we used him," he added. 

However, this Brainiac won't be played by season 4 guest star Tom Cavanagh (best known for suiting up as The Flash's Reverse-Flash). "I won’t even give that a no-comment. I don’t want to set the expectation. We have a fun thing for Tom." Unfortunately, there's still no word on what that might be. 

Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman, Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane, Alex Garfin as Jordan Kent, Michael Bishop as Jonathan Kent, and Michael Cudlitz as Lex Luthor.

Based on the characters from DC Comics created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the series is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Geoff Johns, Sarah Schechter, Brent Fletcher, Todd Helbing, Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti.

Superman & Lois season 4 airs every Monday night on The CW.

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TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 10/13/2024, 7:26 AM
It'll be a shame to see this one end.

Hoechlin never sold me as Superman, and I didn't care for the family/teen drama aspect of the show, but it's had a hell of a run in these 4 seasons 🤘
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 10/13/2024, 8:18 AM
@TrentCrimm - well it is CW
Dabs
Dabs - 10/13/2024, 8:51 AM
@TrentCrimm - who *has* sold you as Superman?
thedrudo
thedrudo - 10/13/2024, 10:41 AM
@TrentCrimm - Sounds like you weren’t a fan but will miss it?
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 10/13/2024, 12:04 PM
@TrentCrimm - I’m the opposite, his Clark/superman really grew on me and all the melodrama with Lois and the boys made me dislike them. Show had some good moments though
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 10/13/2024, 1:29 PM
@thedrudo -
I wasn't a fan of Hoechlin and the focus on the teen drama aspects, but overall I enjoyed the show.

@Dabs
Christopher Reeve is the cliche answer, but I really think Brandon Routh embodied the character in a great way in both his big appearances as Superman and Clark, for what we have to pick from I'd say story decisions aside Routh has been my favorite Superman and Clark. Cavill maybe but the direction they went with his Supes just didn't hit that note for me either.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 10/13/2024, 7:50 AM
Good, i didn't wanna see Brainiac whispering all the damn time anyway.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/13/2024, 8:39 AM
This shows love for 90’s era Superman continues and it’s great to see…

Understandable they are using him in their own specific way then how he was in the comic given that version would take time to explain which they don’t have since they are dealing with Lex and doing their own take on Death of Superman aswell as trying to wrap up character arcs since it is the final season sadly (if they were gonna have more then perhaps they would do that).

I would have bet money that Milton would have been played by Tom Cavanagh so interested to see who he is played by and how he factors into the story itself!!.

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NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/14/2024, 12:57 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Seems their original plans could've been build up slowly the threat of their own version of Brainiac so that he was the big bad of Season 5. I would've prefered to see the show be allowed to continue during the time gap of not having David Corensweat appear in live-action or animated anywhere so that there wasn't a void of Superman content.

But WBD or DCU Studios or whoever is the "genius" that decides things really had to be party poopers. You know I actually hope it was really Nexstar that made another dumbass decision because the whole "WB didn't want to the brand to compete against itself and they wanted to protect the IP" is just bad rep for them further. Or to Gunn because he's been clear he makes the decisions now, not WB. But if Nexstar wasn't lying...what a huge bummer.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/13/2024, 8:40 AM
Fun fact:

“Milton Fine” was the human alias Brainiac used in Smallville to pose as a university professor so he could get close to Clark & manipulate him.

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NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/14/2024, 12:58 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Yep, I immediately recognized the callbacks. It's a nice homage to the network's legacy of using that identity for their Superman themed arcs that involve Brainiac. And the fact it's rooted in the comics makes it as faithful as it can be. Hopefully the actor for Milton knocks it out when he debuts whenever that is.
Juicebox316
Juicebox316 - 10/13/2024, 8:52 AM
They've been talking about paying tribute in a small way to the greater Arrowverse, to bid it farewell. My hope would be that Tom is playing this Earth's version of Harrison Wells, to keep with the Arrowverse idea that an infinite number of Wells' exist throughout the greater multiverse. Its a simple wink and a nod that would mean a ton to people like me that invested in every show. He doesn't even need to be a part of the Council of Wells, or even aware that it exists. His existence as Harrison connects it all, multiversally speaking.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/13/2024, 8:58 AM
@Juicebox316 - i think that would be cool!!.

Maybe our heroes go to him for help?.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/13/2024, 9:29 AM
@Juicebox316 - as long as it isn't James Marsters .....

I love him as an actor, met him and the nicest dude ever...

but the CW's take on him being Brainiac? Total F-up.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 10/13/2024, 9:25 AM
BEST.SHOW.EVER
dracula
dracula - 10/13/2024, 9:47 AM
what if they bring back the actor from Krypton
MMFRESHSW2
MMFRESHSW2 - 10/13/2024, 9:56 PM
THIS SHOW SUXX"D GOOD RIDDANCE
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/14/2024, 1:00 AM
Would've loved to see their whole plans come to fruitition and what they had in store for this Milton/Brainiac in the original long-7 Seasons ideas. I've got issues with their continuity handling but their inclination and love for the 90s lore of the character is worthy of applause and nods.

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