December 22, 2016: Lex Luthor Confirmed for “Justice League” Film

December 22, 2016 Movie News 23

Warner Bros. revealed a bit of extra information about the “Justice League” movie in their 2017 movie preview press kit, including the cast list, which includes Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.

Connie Nielsen, who plays Queen Hippolyta in “Wonder Woman”, is also listed amongst the cast.

Director: Zack Snyder

Writers: Story by Zack Snyder & Chris Terrio, Screenplay by Chris Terrio (Based on characters from DC Entertainment, Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)

Producers: Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Jon Berg, Geoff Johns

Executive Producers: Jim Rowe, Wesley Coller, Curt Kanemoto, Chris Terrio, Ben Affleck

Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Raymond Fisher, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielson, J.K. Simmons

Action Adventure. Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes – Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash – it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

“Justice League” will be released to theaters on November 17, 2017.

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DE-EL
DE-EL
December 22, 2016 7:08 pm

Oh boy. People are about to get mad…

Superoliman
Superoliman
December 22, 2016 9:41 pm

loving it

GodzillaofSteel
GodzillaofSteel
December 22, 2016 10:49 pm

I like Jesse Eisenberg as an actor. And I love Lex Luthor as a character and as Superman’s villain. Though his performance was good, I think Jesse Eisenberg didn’t portray Lex Luthor properly. My hope for the character of the Lex Luthor that’s been established in the DC Cinematic Universe is that, after being sent to Arkham Asylum, he’ll become more of the smooth, calculating Lex Luthor we’re all used to. Hopefully we’ll get a glimpse of that in “Justice League.”

Kal-Ed
Kal-Ed
December 23, 2016 6:54 am

When round one sucks to many…expect a better performance at round two.

That’s my take.

redcape
redcape
December 23, 2016 1:21 pm
Reply to  Kal-Ed

I’m sorry but “sucks” doesn’t describe BvS. Too harsh!

Kal-Ed
Kal-Ed
December 23, 2016 7:29 pm
Reply to  redcape

We’re talking about JE’s portrayal of LL. And while many had their issues regarding his performance and say that he sucks as Lex, I personally didn’t mind. Was his portrayal what I, you, or anyone else expected it to be? Surely not. It was a new take on the character that left many wondering and pandering and squabbling what was that all about??? That ain’t my Lex Luthor blablablaaaaa yakityyak and all. He was weird that’s for sure. But he was still rich, still menacing, and acting behind the scenes and a scientific genius using his mind at his own… Read more »

scarecroe
scarecroe
December 23, 2016 8:57 am

Lex Luthor, Jr.

MattComics
MattComics
December 23, 2016 12:26 pm

He reminded me more of Jim Carrey’s Edward Nigma than Lex Luthor.

redcape
redcape
December 23, 2016 1:28 pm
Reply to  MattComics

Although Carrey has had a few memorial performances, Eisenberg’s Luthor is far above anything that Carrey has done. If you want to be reminded of how someone can butcher a role just look at the Riddler (and Tommy Lee for that matter) in the Batman movie. Two totally buffoon performances.

berserker
berserker
December 23, 2016 4:14 pm
Reply to  redcape

Jim Carrey may not have performed the role of the riddler as portrayed in the comics, but it was fun and enjoyable to watch while Jesse Eisenberg Lex Luthor was extremely awkward to watch not only was the lex Luthor role not portrayed right the acting was horrific as if he was just a bum they hired off the streets.

redcape
redcape
December 23, 2016 6:39 pm
Reply to  berserker

Nope……fun to watch?????? If you would say that his performance was fun to watch then you have little to no credibility critiquing JE’s portrayal of LL. In fact the whole movie was a lesson in endurance to see. Not sure which one was worse. That one or the next with Cloony. Both atomic bombs and have no comparisons to the professional way that BvS was made and portrayed.

Hynad
Hynad
December 30, 2016 1:34 am
Reply to  redcape

He has no credibility because he enjoyed something you didn’t?

Talk about self-important. -__-

berserker
berserker
December 23, 2016 4:07 pm

The Absolutely worse lex Luthor actor EVER!!The superman vs batman movie portrayed lex Luthor as a stupid spoiled brat who wanted to have “FUN”.Lex Luthor is the OPPOSITE he is very intellectual, he has worked hard to earn his money, and all the evil deeds he does do is because he sees superman as a threat not because he wants to miss with him.

redcape
redcape
December 23, 2016 6:42 pm
Reply to  berserker

Sounds like your living in the past and have to have old time comic book version of LL. Times change!

MattComics
MattComics
December 24, 2016 7:30 am
Reply to  redcape

One can have a valid argument against HOW something changes without necessarily being “stuck in the past” as well as questioning why something is being thrown out in the first place. It’s a shame to that for lack of a better term the evil CEO Lex (or Post Crisis Lex) has never really been portrayed in film when that idea of Lex is kind of perfect for it. This was one of the things that bugged me about Superman Returns because Kevin Spacey could have nailed that but instead he’s stuck having to do an impression of Gene Hackman’s conman… Read more »

Super El
Super El
December 24, 2016 11:31 pm
Reply to  redcape

Sounds like your living in the past and have to have old time comic book version of LL. Times change!

Ok, first off, being angry that a character wasn’t adapted faithfully to the big screen isn’t the same as being “stuck in the past”. Believe it or not, the former critique is legit.

Also, old time comic book lex? We literally saw the same Lex he was talking about as recent as after the BvS movie.

sundevil82
sundevil82
December 23, 2016 4:34 pm

They can still get a good performance out of him, but it is absolutely imperative that Zack Snyder wrangles him in. There were only moments in BvS where I thought his character could have worked , but it was abandoned to go in the awkward and twitchy direction. He’s a decent actor and if he’s directed to play against type, then I think his Luthor can be salvaged. He’s played menacing before in Social Network, however the difference being that David Fincher directed him and wanted a specific performance out of him. I feel like Zack Snyder just goes with… Read more »

Kal L
Kal L
December 23, 2016 5:52 pm

I could see what they wanted to achieve with Eisenberg, and his performance. Though I had issues with it, I didn’t find it so bad.

What I’m more looking forward to is the revelations of how long Luthor has been aware of the Forth World/New Gods.
Also the last line from him in BvS was “The bell has been rung, and cant be un-rung” followed by “ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding”…
What if the Ding is his way of replicating the “pinging”sound that the Mother Boxes make in the comics!

redcape
redcape
December 23, 2016 6:48 pm
Reply to  Kal L

Agreed regarding portrayal of LL. It was different to be sure. But going forward must we see the exact same character that we’ve seen for years. There is a time when updating a character role is not that bad of an idea.

Kal L
Kal L
December 23, 2016 9:45 pm
Reply to  redcape

I concur bro! The same thing over and over does get a bit stale. It’s the reason why I liked Jared Leto’s Joker so much more than many others. It was a new take, yet something that was pretty much true to the character.
Heath Ledger did an exceptional job, so you cant redo that, there had to be something different!

redcape
redcape
December 24, 2016 1:41 pm
Reply to  Kal L

Your right regarding Leto’s Joker. For all the complaints I thought he did a great job. And the movie itself was good! There was more than enough Joker in S Squad. That’s one of then things I really liked about it. In fact I though his Joker was more towards the comic versions and far more violent.

MattComics
MattComics
December 24, 2016 2:09 pm
Reply to  redcape

I’d like to see a true classic Joker on screen. Something that neither extreme of camp or horror movie. The closest we’ve come is Nicholson but it’s still kinda off the mark. Something along the lines of this guys amazing cosplay:

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Ben15iscool
Ben15iscool
December 24, 2016 1:07 pm

I hope he improves his performance from BVS