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