There’s just no stopping Matthew Lillard right now — and honestly, who’d even want to? Following a crowd pleasing return to the role of Stu Macher in Scream 7 earlier this year, an impressive showing in Cross Season 2 back in February, and a hell of an entrance into the MCU as Daredevil Born Again Season 2’s slippery spy Mr. Charles, Lillard is about to add another major franchise role to his infinity gauntlet of IP appearances. Per Deadline’s reporting, Lillard has landed a role in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman sequel, Man Of Tomorrow, at DC Studios.
Currently in production ahead of a planned 9 July, 2027 cinema release, Man Of Tomorrow is set to see David Corenswet’s Man of Steel team up with arch nemesis Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) to take on classic silver age comic book supervillain Brainiac (Lars Eidinger). Further plot details on the movie are being kept under wraps for now, as is the role Lillard is set to play in Gunn’s self-written and directed Supes sequel. We do however know who will be starring alongside the former Shaggy Rogers when he makes his DCU bow. Adria Arjona is set to play Maxima, an alien queen with a serious Supes obsession in Marvel comics, in the film, while Lanterns star Aaron Pierre is bringing his Green Lantern, John Stewart, from the small to the big screen for Gunn’s latest blockbuster.
The DCU newcomers join a slew of returnees including *deep breath* Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), Guy Gardner (Nathon Fillion) and Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific). We’ll find out what’s in store for them — and just who exactly Matthew Lillard is playing — when Man Of Tomorrow hits cinemas next summer. But before then, there’s no shortage of big screen DC goodness to look forward to. Supergirl is due to take off on 26 June, while James Watkins’ very intriguing body-horror Clayface is heading our way just in time for Halloween on 23 October. Superhero fatigue, you say? Clearly James Gunn never got that memo!