Superman vs. The Green Android: James Gunn Adds DC's Most Terrifying Villain to the Script

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James Gunn isn't saying anything outright — but we get it. He's posted the title page of his new "Superman" script, and there's a hint on it that made comic fans' eyes twitch: an anatomical cross-section of a head showing the brain. It's all clear. Brainiac is entering the game.

For the first time in cinema history, Superman will face a truly intelligent enemy. Not just another bald businessman with a world domination scheme, but an alien intellect who literally collects cities in jars. Literally.
A stack of papers with an anatomical cross-section of a head drawn on the title page
Script for James Gunn's second "Superman"
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Who is Brainiac

For those who haven't been reading comics since age eight: Brainiac is one of DC's most powerful and terrifying villains. A green-skinned android obsessed with control, intellect, and destruction. He kidnaps planetary capitals, shrinks them down, and puts them on a shelf.

In the comics, he's the one who stole Kandor — the capital of Krypton, Superman's home planet. And Superman's had it out for him ever since, to put it mildly. Now they might finally meet on the big screen — in "Man of Tomorrow," hitting theaters summer 2027.
A man in a blue and red superhero costume, with a drawn humanoid figure with a pink head on the right
David Corenswet as Superman and villain Brainiac from Justice League Vol 4 18 Textless comic
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The plot in a nutshell

Superman and Lex Luthor (who, based on other Gunn hints, are both in the mix now) are forced to team up against an enemy threatening all of Earth.

We're in for something massive and completely different. Gunn doesn't do cookie-cutter. He proved that with "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Peacemaker." And if he's tackling Superman with Brainiac as the main villain — this is going to be a whole new level for DC films. Earlier, we at zoomboola.com gave you the full breakdown on the development of James Gunn's second Superman film here.