Tuesday, September 03, 2013

MOS 2: Cranston Nixes Lex Luthor Rumors

Those reports that suggested that the chatter about "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston playing Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman/Batman team-up Man of Steel Sequel were true have been denied by the actor.


Cranston's "deal" was said to be for at least six films (and as many as 10) as the criminal genius. It added that Warner Bros. was apparently waiting for the Sept. 29 series finale of Breaking Bad to air before making the formal announcement.

Cranston was asked by Boston.com about all of this to which he responded:

"Six? This is all news to me. I think that maybe my name is bandied about because I’m known to be bald. ‘What bald guy can we get?’ The reality is they can take any actor and shave his head or put a bald cap on him."

As to any immediate plans Cranston says:

"I think I’ll relax the rest of the year. There’s some irons in the fire, things that people are talking about, but nothing is set."

MOS 2 will see the return of Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, Ben Affleck will play Bruce Wayne/Batman amid lots of fallout while Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are set to reprise their roles as Lois Lane, Perry White and Martha Kent.

"Man Of Steel" director Zack Snyder and writer David S. Goyer will also be back--as will Christopher Nolan to executive produce the film,

Sources say the new movie is going for the tone of the relationship and fight seen in Frank Miller’s 1980s ground-breaking mini-series The Dark Knight Returns.

The film will shoot in Detroit and throughout Michigan sometime in the first quarter of 2014. The studio will also shoot the movie in Toronto to meet its release on July 17, 2015

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