The DCEU Still Needs Lex Luthor

The DCEU may have ventured into the world of the New Gods and be spinning off into countless villain spinoffs, but through all this it needs to keep its primo villain: Lex Luthor. Earlier this year, it was announced that the scenes involving Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex were cut from Justice League. Regardless, a post-credits featuring the character dispelled the rumors that Luthor would be recast or otherwise discarded as part of the DCEU’s evolving future vision – and that needs to be followed up on.

Eisenberg’s Luthor was a major point of contention in Batman v Superman. Luthor’s traditional understated megalomania replaced with Eisenberg’s stammering, digressing Zuckerbergian camp that was at odds with ...

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From https://screenrant.com/dceu-lex-luthor-jesse-eisenberg-future/
November 27, 2017 at 06:37AM