In the five months since James Gunn revealed the title and early plans for his Superman sequel, fans have been treated to a steady stream of updates from the director, even if many are the updates are just to point out rumors that are off-base, or to justify why he hasn’t cast the DCU’s Batman yet. (Not exactly a Man of Tomorrow update, but still.) Now, Gunn has shined a bit of light on what influenced his take on the sequel’s villain Brainiac.
Since the point when Brainiac was fully confirmed and Lars Eidinger was cast to play him (even before that, really), the rumor mill was maxed out with fan-suggested comic book storylines that James Gunn would supposedly be using in the upcoming superhero movie. So when one fan asked him directly on Threads about whether a particular arc was a direct inspiration, the director decided to personally weigh in with some clarification.
