Lex Luthor wasn’t the only billionaire in the metahuman business during the events of Superman. The Lord Tech-sponsored Justice Gang helped out David Corenswet’s Man of Steel during the 2025 movie, and Maxwell Lord even cameoed to tell the world that Luthor sucks. We’ll spend a little more time with Lord when Peacemaker Season 2 premieres tomorrow on the 2025 TV schedule tomorrow, but in the meantime, James Gunn shared a take on his younger brother Sean Gunn’s character that, while interesting, also has me suspicious.
The elder Gunn, who co-runs DC Studios, wrote and directed Superman, and created Peacemaker, brought up Maxwell Lord while talking about Lex Luthor’s fall from grace in the DC Universe. The filmmaker noted how Nicholas Hoult’s character has done “some really great things for the world,” including creating a battery that makes cars run more efficiently. However, when Superman came along, the Kryptonian made Luthor “feel like shit, so he’s been sort of obsessed with him ever since and has gone evil.” In contrast, James Gunn said this about Sean’s version of Lord:
